Further collision in mounting toll of incidents on A34 near Newbury

Woman taken to hospital after being cut out of car on its roof

A FURTHER collision on the A34 near Newbury last night (Sun) saw a woman cut out of an overturned car, before being taken to hospital.

Firefighters from Newbury Fire Station were called at 7.15pm to a two vehicle collision southbound, between Chieveley and Speen.

Firefighters cut a woman, the only occupant, free from the overturned car, a Vauxhall Corsa.

The road was closed during the incident and for about an hour.

Firefighters left the scene at approximately 8.30pm.

In March, a 21-year-old Wiltshire woman died in a fatal collision on the A34 southbound near the M4 intersection at Chieveley.

The collision involved two vehicles - an artic lorry and a Vauxhall Corsa.

The 21-year-old female driver of the car died at the scene.

At 5.10pm last Wednesday, a woman and three children were killed in an accident while travelling northbound on the A34 at East Ilsley.

A petition which was initially launched in June, and following a separate fatal A34 crash in which Gavin Roberts died, has seen a spike in signatures since Wednesday’s crash.

Newbury MP Richard Benyon has since stepped into the debate and is now calling on a full review into safety at the major trunk road.

To view/sign the petition visit: https://www.change.org/p/oxford-city-council-save-lives-a34-50mph-with-speed-cameras

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