Police Appeal For Witnesses After Serious Crash Near Shalfleet

Our thoughts are with everyone involved in this terrible road traffic accident. This in from the Police. Ed

Hampshire PolicePolice are appealing for witnesses after a serious crash on the A3054 near Shalfleet on the Isle of Wight.

Officers were called to the scene shortly after 9am today following reports of a collision between a blue Vauxhall Corsa and silver Mitsubishi Galant.

Isle of Wight Ambulance Service and Isle of Wight Fire Service also attended the scene.

The male driver of the Corsa, aged 25 from Yarmouth, and his two female passengers aged 26 and 29, also from Yarmouth, sustained serious injuries and were taken to St Mary’s Hospital in Newport.

The female driver of the Galant – a 23-year-old from Calbourne – also sustained serious injuries and has been taken to St Mary’s Hospital.

The A3054 is currently closed at Shalfleet and at the junction with Pound Lane and is likely to remain so until later this afternoon while officers investigate the circumstances of the crash.

Get in touch
Anyone with any information is asked to contact PC Banting at the Isle of Wight Roads Policing Unit, quoting Operation Escolar, on 101.

Alternatively you can contact the charity Crimestoppers line anonymously on 0800 555 111.