Driver seriously injured after car crashed into tree in Hull
Police were called to the scene of the crash on Hessle Road near the junction with Pickering Road just before 6am today. (May 16)
The blue Renault Megane caught fire after it left the road and crashed into a tree.
Advertisement
Hide AdAdvertisement
Hide AdFire crews used hydraulic cutting equipment to free the man from the wreckage following the crash.
A blaze in the car’s engine compartment was extinguished and firefighters gave the man oxygen at the scene.
Police said the driver, believed to be aged in his thirties, suffered “very serious” injuries. He was taken to hospital for treatment.
A Humberside Police spokesman said: “The roads in the area are closed while emergency services respond to the incident.”
Anyone with information about the collision is asked to call police on 101, quoting log 56 of May 16.