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Serious wet weather crash on A30 in Cornwall
Published by Emma Carton at 10:28am 7th December 2018. (Updated at 1:04pm 7th December 2018)
A car has ended up in a field after two wet weather crashes on the A30 in Cornwall.
The air ambulance were scrambled to the first after the vehicle careered off the road at Temple.
Three people were injured just after 10am on Friday and one has been airlifted to Derriford.
- One person airlifted to hospital after serious wet weather on Cornwall's A30
- SECOND wet weather crash closes stretch of A30 over Bodmin Moor
Serious RTA at A30 Jamaica Inn Eastbound - A30 Eastbound now closed & traffic being turned around. @CornwallLive @BBCCornwall @laurencereed @piratefm pic.twitter.com/hvQjGRr14s
— Jonathan Keam (@jonathan_keam) December 7, 2018
"One fire appliance and the rescue tender from Bodmin responded to this incident.
"On arrival, a single vehicle road traffic collision was discovered.
"Firefighters used crash rescue equipment to release a trapped occupant who was transferred into the care of the ambulance service".
Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service
A30 closed at Temple eastbound pic.twitter.com/GaSbOLlMcr
— Launceston Car Hire (@LCHcornwall) December 7, 2018
"A30 Eastbound closed. Queueing traffic due to debris on road and accident before A30 (Warleggen turn-off).
"A car has left the road and ended up in a field near to the Colliford Lake turn-off.
"The road has been closed while emergency services deal with the accident.
"Police will try and turn the vehicles in the queues back towards Bodmin".
Inrix Traffic and Travel
The #A30 eastbound in #Cornwall has been closed by @DC_Police , due to a traffic collision, reported as 6 vehicles involved. Closure is between the #A389 near #Bodmin and #A385 near #Launceston.
— Highways England (@HighwaysSWEST) December 7, 2018
Diversions are in place after a separate collision over Bodmin Moor, said to involve six vehicles.
Closure remains on the #A30 eastbound in #Cornwall, between the #A389 near #Bodmin and #A385 near #Launceston. 6 vehicle traffic collision being dealt with by @DC_Police . Diversion details at https://t.co/th62bRjUDe
— Highways England (@HighwaysSWEST) December 7, 2018
You can read more on how the collisions are affecting journeys in Cornwall here.
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