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Three hurt in Ascot coach crash |
Woman hurt in Ascot coach crash |
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Three Royal Ascot racegoers have been taken to hospital, one with serious head injuries, after their coach overturned, Thames Valley Police say. | A Royal Ascot racegoer was seriously injured after the coach taking her home overturned, Thames Valley Police said. |
The person with serious head injuries was airlifted to hospital in Oxford, South Central ambulance service said. | The woman, in her late 20s, was airlifted to hospital after suffering serious head injuries. A 30-year-old woman and a man, 31, were also hurt. |
The coach driver was arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving. | |
The private coach - carrying about 45 passengers from Palmers Green, north London - crashed in Ascot, Berkshire, after it had left the racecourse. | The private coach - carrying about 45 passengers from Palmers Green, north London - crashed in Ascot, Berkshire, after it had left the racecourse. |
The remainder of the passengers were taken to a rest centre, police said. | The coach driver was arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving. |
The accident happened in Sunninghill Road, which has been closed. | The driver remained in custody in the early hours of Sunday morning, police said. |
An ambulance service spokeswoman said the person who was airlifted was in the neurological unit of the Oxford hospital for observation. | Broken bones |
| The accident happened at about 1945 BST in Sunninghill Road, which was closed causing traffic problems for other racegoers returning home. |
| A South Central ambulance service spokeswoman said the woman in her 20s was airlifted to the JR2 hospital in Oxford. |
| Her injuries were not believed to be life-threatening, but she remained in the hospital's neurological unit for observation, the spokeswoman added. |
She said two other people had been taken to Wexham Park Hospital, in Slough, with "cuts, bruises and minor broken bones". | She said two other people had been taken to Wexham Park Hospital, in Slough, with "cuts, bruises and minor broken bones". |
"Three other people with cuts and bruises refused to be taken to hospital and there were 40 more who were not injured," she added. | "Three other people with cuts and bruises refused to be taken to hospital and there were 40 more who were not injured," she added. |
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