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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Aaron Curran

Woman rushed to hospital as skip wagon crashes into parked taxi

A woman was rushed to hospital after a skip wagon crashed into a parked taxi.

Emergency services were called to Prescot Road, St Helens at around 2.50pm on August 3 to reports of a crash. A skip wagon was reportedly involved in a crash with a stationary Citroen Picasso taxi.

A female passenger in the taxi has been taken to hospital after suffering a suspected medical episode at the scene. The road has been closed for much of the afternoon.

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Police say road closures are now in the process of being removed. A Merseyside Police spokesperson said: " We are this afternoon, Wednesday August 3, at the scene of a road traffic collision in Prescot.

"We were contacted at 2.50pm following reports that a skip wagon was in collision with a stationary Citroen Picasso taxi on Prescot Road.

"A female passenger in the taxi has been taken to hospital after suffering a suspected medical episode. Road closures were initially put in place but are in the process of being removed."

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