A motorcyclist was reportedly left in a ditch for almost three hours after a crash because police forces couldn't agree on who was responsible for helping him.
The unnamed crash victim came off his bike on a B-road near the small village of Tilbrook in Cambridgeshire, which borders both Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire.
An emergency 999 call was made shortly after the incident at 4pm on Sunday afternoon, yet according to a BBC News report no one arrived at the scene of the crash until 6.40pm.
All three police forces involved have apologised over the incident, described as a "scandal" by the Northamptonshire Police and Crime Commissioner Adam Simmonds.
It is understood that Northamptonshire Police received the first call about the crash, and told Bedfordshire Police staff about it at 16.25pm - but they said it was not under their jurisdiction.
When it was again informed that no one had been sent to the scene one hour and fifteen minutes later, Bedfordshire Police dispatched a squad car. When it finally arrived after difficulties locating the site of the crash, police drove the victim to Bedford Hospital for treatment to an injured arm, since no ambulance had attended.
The East Midlands Ambulance Service told the BBC it had no record of the incident. Cambridgeshire Police said it was still unclear who should have been responsible for the B645 crash, but that "a better response should have been given".
The Independent has reached out to the forces involved for comment.
