A man suffered potentially life changing injuries after the car he was in caught fire.
The driver was travelling in an electric car when it burst into flames on the carriageway just off the A55 near Broughton, North Wales, on Tuesday morning, August 2. He was pulled out of the car by members of the public and attended to by paramedics at the scene.
The man was later taken to hospital in Merseyside by ambulance with "serious, possibly life changing injuries", police said. The road was closed at approximately 8.45am on Tuesday and remained closed several hours later, North Wales Live reports.
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The Welsh Ambulance Service said the incident required a multi-agency response including two rapid response vehicles, an emergency ambulance, a helimed and the Emergency Medical Retrieval and Transfer Service.
In a statement on Tuesday afternoon, Chief Inspector Alwyn Williams of North Wales Police said: “Due to the car involved being an electric vehicle, fire crews remain at the scene.
“Both carriageways of the A55 near Broughton remain closed at this time however traffic is being diverted. We’d like to thank the motoring public for their patience and understanding.”
Anybody who may have witnessed the collision or who may have been travelling nearby and who has dash cam footage is urged to contact North Wales Police quoting incident number B114487.
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