A WOMAN was taken to hospital following a collision with a parked car.
Emergency services were alerted to a single-vehicle crash in Manor Road shorty after 12pm on Friday, May 6.
A female driver was treated at the scene by ambulance crews and was later rushed to hospital.
Part of Monor Road has been closed off after a car flipped over. Police are in attendance as well as medics. The female driver is being seen to by ambulance crews, and we are told she will be OK. @Bournemouthecho pic.twitter.com/A1Zvstpfmn
— Matt Simpson (@MattSimpsonEcho) May 6, 2022
A Dorset Police spokesperson said: “We received a report at 12.06pm of a single vehicle collision in Manor Road in Bournemouth.
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"It was reported that the vehicle involved had overturned.
“Officers have attended, along with the fire and ambulance services, and road closures have been put in place.”
Residents in the area described the crash, which involved an overturned blue Ford Fiesta, as "horrifying" adding they "hope the driver is OK."
The blue Fiesta is believed to have collided with a parked black Audi A3 and flipped over as a result.
A recovery truck has now taken away the damaged Ford and Manor Road is now reopen.
The female driver has been taken to hospital, the car has been removed and police have reopened the road @Bournemouthecho pic.twitter.com/N55wmEixtE
— Matt Simpson (@MattSimpsonEcho) May 6, 2022
Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service said: "We were called at 12:06pm today to an RTC on Manor Road, Bournemouth.
"Crews from Springbourne and Westbourne were mobilised and on arrival found a single vehicle which had rolled onto it’s side after the driver had a medical episode.
"Crews assisted with casualty care and making the scene safe.
"The stop came back at 12.25pm."
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