A PERSON has been hospitalised after a crash occurred at the top of Chard High Street at around midday on Thursday, September 25 — they were taken to Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton.
Avon and Somerset Police and South Western Ambulance Service rushed to respond to an incident on Chard High Street, at the junction with the Crowshure Link involving a blue van and a blue car - both of which sustained damage to the front.
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South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust were called at 12.24 and sent one double-crewed ambulance to the scene which ended up conveying one patient to Musgrove Park Hospital.
A spokesperson for the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) said: “We were called at 12:24hrs on Thursday 25 September to a road traffic collision in Chard.
“We sent one double-crewed land ambulances to the scene and conveyed one patient by land ambulance to Musgrove Park Hospital.”
Avon and Somerset Police were at the scene providing support as the road was temporarily closed until 1.45 which resulted in some congestion along the High Street.
A spokesperson for Avon and Somerset Police said: “We received a report of a collision in Chard High Street at about 12.15pm this afternoon (Thursday 25 September).
“One person was taken to hospital as a precaution.
“The road was fully reopened at about 1.45pm.”
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