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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Abigail Nicholson

Transit van flips onto front and crashes into wall outside hospital

A van flipped onto its front after crashing into a wall outside a hospital.

Merseyside Police rushed to Queens Drive at The Rocket at around 2.05pm on Tuesday, May 17, following reports of a crash. Once at the scene officers found a white Ford Transit van crashed into a tree, a wall and then flipped onto its front outside Broadgreen Hospital.

Officers called the North West Ambulance Service and Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service for assistance following the crash, which no other vehicles were involved in. The driver of the van, a man in his late 20s, was taken to Broadgreen Hospital before being transferred to The Royal Liverpool Hospital.

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A spokesperson from the North West Ambulance Service said the man has non-serious injuries. Traffic can pass the scene with no issues due to the van being propped up against the wall on a grass embankment.

Traffic monitoring service, INRIX is reporting some delays on Edge Lane following the incident. Police remain in the area while the van is recovered.

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