Woman is Airlifted to Hospital

An elderly woman was taken to hospital by air ambulance after a road collision involving a postal van yesterday.

The 77-year-old, who was driving a Mini, suffered spinal injuries in a collision at Park Drain crossroads, on Doncaster Road, Westwoodside.

The Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire Air Ambulance transported her to Scunthorpe General Hospital.

Another woman in the Mini developed chest pains chest pains and was taken to hospital by ambulance, according to East Midlands Ambulance Service.

The male driver of a Royal Mail van involved in the crash was not injured.

A Royal Mail spokesman said: “We are helping the police with their inquiries into this road traffic accident.”

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