LATEST: Five injured and three airlifted to hospital after 'horrific' A17 army truck crash
Three men have been airlifted to hospital with serious injuries and a woman and man taken by ambulance following a 'horrific' crash on the A17.
The crash took place at 11.58am today, Thursday May 19, on the A17 Swineshead Bridge.
It involved a lorry and four army trucks. Each of the drivers has been injured.
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A woman has been taken to Queen’s Medical Centre by land ambulance. A fourth man is being treated in Boston’s Pilgrim Hospital.
The three men airlifted to hospital are understood to have received serious injuries.
The military vehicles were being transported by civilians not military personnel.
The road remains closed.
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