Car skids off road into ditch near Thame

THAMES Valley Fire Control Service received a call at 12.10pm today, Friday, February 10, to a road traffic collision involving a car that had crashed in to a ditch on Thame Park Road between Thame and Postcombe.

Fire crews were immediately sent from Oxfordshire County Council Fire & Rescue Service and Buckinghamshire & Milton Keynes Fire and Rescue Service, from Thame, Haddenham and Aylesbury fire stations.

Firefighters were quickly on the scene and provided first aid treatment to the driver and stabilised the vehicle. Ambulance and police also attended the scene and took the female driver to hospital.

Watch Manger Andy Ford said: “On arrival we found a car off the road in the ditch, firefighters immediately checked the female driver and stabilised the car. The injuries sustained could have been far worse if the driver had not been wearing her seat belt. She was very fortunate to have not collided with other cars coming the other way.

“We have attended a number of road traffic collisions in the area this year already. I would urge drivers to slow down and take the road conditions into account at this time of year, especially now the weather is turning colder and roads maybe icy in places.”