Air ambulance lands on M4 between Hungerford and Newbury

Two people were taken to hospital following an incident on the M4 between Hungerford and Newbury this afternoon (Monday), during which an air ambulance landed on stand-by.

South Central Ambulance Service (SCAS) spokeswoman, Gillian Hodgetts, said the Thames Valley and Chiltern Air Ambulance was called at 4.02pm to the M4 eastbound between junctions 14 and 13, following a road traffic collision.

Two ambulances and two paramedics were also sent to the scene.

Two patients were taken by road to Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading, with non-life threatening injuries.

Thames Valley Police (TVP) were called to the scene at 3.57pm, following a lane three collision involving an Audi and a VW. 

This stretch of the M4 eastbound was closed during the incident, with the vehicles recovered at about 6pm.