Immingham lorry driver injured in M180 crash

A 34-YEAR-old Immingham lorry driver caught up in the M180 chaos on Tuesday was taken by air ambulance to Hull Royal Infirmary hospital.

The driver, whose condition was described by police yesterday as "improved", was trapped in his cab after hitting the rear of a white articulated lorry.

The collision between the two lorries resulted in the entire three lanes of the motorway being blocked.

This incident was part of a series of collisions on the M180 in North Lincolnshire to which police are appealing for witnesses.

The collisions occurred at 3.15pm involving traffic caught in a tailback following an earlier incident involving an overturned caravan on the eastbound carriageway between Junction 4 and Junction 5.

The caravan was being towed by an Alfa Romeo when it became detached from the car and overturned.

Police attended the scene and lanes one and two were closed to allow recovery of the caravan.

As tailbacks grew, a silver Fiat Punto then collided with the rear of a blue Mercedes car and the rear of a blue articulated lorry.

The Punto driver, a 19-year-old Scunthorpe woman, sustained minor injuries and a 25-year-old Scunthorpe woman, travelling in the rear of the Punto, was described as being in a critical condition.

Witnesses are asked to call 101 quoting log 433 of July 16, 2013.