A CRASH near Kingstone, Ilminster, sparked a major emergency response, including an air ambulance, and one person was taken to hospital.
Emergency crews were called to Kingston Road at about 9.25pm on Friday, February 6, after a vehicle left the road.
Avon and Somerset Police said the driver tried to overtake two vehicles, hit standing water, then left the road and ended up in a field.
Police said paramedics treated the driver at the scene for injuries not believed to be serious. No one else was hurt.
A police spokesperson said: “We were called to an incident where a vehicle left Kingston Road, near Hinton St George, around 9.25pm on Friday 6 February.
“A driver attempted an overtake of two other vehicles and hit standing water before leaving the road and coming to a stop in a field.
“The driver was treated by paramedics at the scene for injuries which were not serious, and nobody else was harmed in the incident.”
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South Western Ambulance Service said a double-crewed ambulance, an air ambulance, and an operations officer were sent to the scene. One person was taken to Yeovil District Hospital.
A spokesperson for the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) said: “We were called at 21:26hrs on Friday 06 February to a road traffic collision near Kingstone.
“We sent one double-crewed land ambulance, an air ambulance, and an operations officer to the scene. We conveyed one patient by land ambulance to Yeovil District Hospital.”
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