July 10, 2019 11.59 am This story is over 56 months old

Taxi driver seriously injured after crash near caravan park

The road will be closed for a number of hours

Update: Police said at around 4.35pm that the road has now been re-opened.


A taxi driver was seriously injured after a crash near a caravan park in Sutton on Sea on Wednesday morning.

Police and an air ambulance were called to the scene near to Lakeside caravan park on Alford Road after a crash involving a black hackney taxi shortly after 11am on Wednesday, July 10.

The driver who was the only occupant of the vehicle has been taken to Queens Medical Centre.

Alford & Mablthorpe Police said a road closure is expected to be in place for a number of hours. Emergency services are currently dealing with the crash.

A spokesperson for Lincolnshire Police said: “Incident 127 reported at 11.08am refers to a serious RTC on Alford Road, Sutton on Sea, Mablethorpe. One vehicle is involved.

“The Air Ambulance is on scene, the driver and single occupant of the vehicle has been seriously injured.”

A spokesperson for EMAS said: “We received a call at 11.04am this morning to Alford Rd, Sutton on Sea. The caller reported an RTC.

“We sent a LIVES responder, doctor, paramedic in an ambulance car, crewed ambulance and the air ambulance. We transported one patient to Queen’s Medical Centre.”