Monday 9 October 2007
17.48 Between junctions 17-18 (Cribb's Causeway to Avonmouth)
southbound M5
Appliances from Patchway and Avonmouth Fire Stations were
called to the M5 after a car transporter overturned, blocking
all three lanes of the motorway.
On arrival crews found the vehicle lying on its driver's
side and at least one of the nine cars being carried by
the transporter had come free in the incident.
The male driver of the vehicle, thought to be aged in his
50s was trapped in the cab by his arm.
Firefighters initially used hydraulic spreaders to raise
the cab from the carriageway and then used an inflatable airbag to
lift the cab so the casualty could be released.
The driver was conveyed to hospital by Great Western Ambulance
Service with minor head injuries and injuries to his arm. None of
his injuries were thought to be life threatening.