Family of Tadley man Carl Tompkins, 30—who was seriously injured in an M3 crash on October 4—have appealed for witnesses to come forward

The family of a man who was seriously injured in a motorway crash has appealed for witnesses to the incident to come forward.

On Friday, October 4, police were called to a report that a silver Honda Civic had left the northbound carriageway between junctions 5 and 6 on the M3 and collided with a tree.

The male driver, 30-year-old Carl Tompkins from Tadley, sustained serious injuries and remains in hospital.

As part of an ongoing investigation into the incident, a 33-year-old man from Basingstoke and a 34-year-old man from St Mary Bourne were arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.

They have both been released under investigation while further enquiries continue.

Mr Tompkins’ family said: “Thank you to those who stopped to help Carl, especially the paramedics and the air ambulance who gave him the best chance.

“Thank you also to Southampton Hospital Neurological Intensive Care and Basingstoke Hospital Intensive Care for the amazing care that you have given to Carl.

“We also want to thank all those who have already spoken to the police, but we know there may be people with further information who haven’t come forward and we would urge them to do so.

“As a family we just want to get some answers to understand the events.

“No matter how small or insignificant it may seem, your information may fill in the gaps of the night of the collision.

“Our family would like to thank everyone for their support through this extremely difficult time.”

Police believe that several motorists who may have witnessed the collision stopped at the scene but left without leaving any details.

A Hampshire Police spokesperson said: “We would like to thank everyone who has come forward with information so far, but believe there are a number of witnesses at the scene who are yet to speak to police.

“We believe there may also have been people on bridges over the M3 who may have seen what happened.

“If anyone has any information or dash cam footage of the Civic or anything relevant to this collision, please contact us.”

The spokesperson urged anyone with information to call 101 quoting reference 44240431989, or make a report online using the same reference number at https://rebrand.ly/pg0q3fd

Those with information can also make a report anonymously to Crimestoppers by calling 0800 555 111 or visiting https://crimestoppers-uk.org/