Woman fighting for life after car falls from bridge and lands in middle of busy motorway

A WOMAN is preventing for all times after a automobile fell from a bridge and landed in the midst of a busy motorway.

Police mentioned the crash occurred on the Bowburn interchange, Durham, on the A1(M) at 10.35am on Friday - leaving the lady in a crucial situation.

The automobile fell from the bridge on to the busy motorway yesterdayCredit score: PA

The power mentioned a car - that was driving on the A177 flyover - left the carriageway and landed on its roof within the central reservation under.

The motive force of the automobile freed themselves from the wreckage however the passenger, a lady in her mid-40s, needed to be minimize free and was then flown to hospital for remedy for "severe accidents".

Durham Police mentioned a person in his early 30s was arrested on the scene on suspicion of inflicting severe harm by harmful driving and stays in custody.

No different accidents have been reported, police mentioned.

Detective constable Natalie Horner, of Durham Constabulary's Collision Investigation Unit, mentioned: "We wish to attraction for anybody who witnessed this incident, significantly anybody who has dashcam footage of the crash or the moments main as much as it, to get in contact with us as quickly as potential.

"We'd additionally urge anybody who noticed this car being pushed between 9am and 10.30am immediately, particularly within the Sherburn Village space, to contact us."

The North East Ambulance Service mentioned it requested assist from the Nice North Air Ambulance.

A spokeswoman mentioned: "Two sufferers have been taken to hospital for additional remedy; the primary affected person was taken by street to the College Hospital North Durham (UHND), and the second affected person was flown to the Royal Victoria Infirmary Main Trauma Centre (RVI MTC)."

The A1(M) and the A177 have been closed in each instructions and are prone to keep closed immediately whereas repairs are carried out to security limitations, in line with police.

The positioning was near the scene of a horrific fireball crash that killed three individuals in July and noticed lorry driver Ion Onut, 41, from Galashiels, Scotland, jailed earlier this month for 3 counts of inflicting demise by harmful driving.