Collision on A17 near Boston leaves two with 'life-threatening' injuries; man arrested and bailed - police appeal for information

Police are appealing for information following a multi-vehicle collision on the A17 near Boston in which two people received ‘life-threatening’ injuries.

The incident took place near the Mill Lane junction, close to Hoffleet Stow, yesterday (Thursday, April 23).

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Lincolnshire Police news.

It involved a white Ford Transit, a grey Citroen C1 and a white Vauxhall Vivaro, and was reported to the Force Control Room at shortly before 4.20pm.

The driver of the Ford Transit – a 34-year-old man – was arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving and has since been released on bail.

The male driver and passenger of the Citroen were both taken to hospital with injuries that have been described as life-threatening, police said.

Mill Lane and the A17 at Sutterton were closed to allow emergency services to deal with the incident. Roads were re-opened just before 4am today.

Anyone who witnessed the collision or who has dashcam footage or CCTV footage of the collision is asked to get in touch with the Serious Collision Investigation Unit by emailing [email protected], quoting incident 342 of April 23 in the subject line.

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