Emergency services called to petrol station crash

Monday, 14 November 2022 00:00

Emergency services were called to the scene as a car crashed into a petrol station sign in Winterbourne Stoke on Friday.

The incident happened at lunchtime on Friday (11th November), with the sign being destroyed and the car badly damaged.

The car hit the signage at the Murco filling station on the A303 in Winterbourne Stoke just before midday.

Image: Ian West

In this image sent to Salisbury Radio by Ian West, you can see the impact the crash had on both the petrol station signage and the vehicle.

Wiltshire Police have since confirmed that a passenger in the vehicle was taken to hospital for treatment.

Dorest and Wilshire Fire and Rescue Service and South Western Ambulance service attended the accident along with Wiltshire Police.

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