Lorry overturns at Cowstead Corner on Isle of Sheppey
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by Hayley Robinson
Two people were taken to hospital after the lorry they were
travelling in overturned in Kent.
The accident happened just after noon on Thursday when a heavy
goods vehicle approaching the Sheppey Crossing from the Sheerness
direction overturned on the roundabout at Cowstead Corner.
The driver of the lorry, a 65-year-old man from Essex, was taken
by land ambulance to Medway Maritime Hospital suffering from chest
injuries.
Travelling with him in the cab was his 60-year-old wife, who had
to be cut from the cab by Kent Fire and Rescue Service.
She was airlifted to the Royal London Hospital with suspected
spinal injuries.
It is not thought either of the couple’s injuries are
life-threatening.
Police patrols attended and closed the roundabout to
traffic.
Although Sheppey-bound traffic is still - at 4pm - able to
use the Sheppey Crossing, vehicles travelling towards Sittingbourne
are being diverted over the Kingsferry Bridge.
It is expected that the roundabout will reopen later this
afternoon once the vehicle has been recovered.
Thursday, November 05 2009
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