Four raced to hospital after car crashed outside Alton Towers with air ambulance scrambled to scene
Emergency crews including an air ambulance were scrambled to the scene of the one-vehicle smash on the entryway to the major theme park this morning.
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One man was quickly flown to Royal Stoke University Hospital suffering from "potentially serious injuries", while three other men, who sustained minor injuries, were taken to the same hospital by ambulance.
The first call came in shortly before 11am today, West Midlands Ambulance Service confirmed.
It then deployed an ambulance and paramedic officer, alongside a helicopter from the Midlands Air Ambulance at Cosford.
A spokesperson for the trust said: "We were called to reports of a one car RTC at a location off Farley Lane in Alton at 10.55am.
"We sent an ambulance, a paramedic officer, the Midlands Air Ambulance from Cosford and two Community First Responders to the scene.
"On arrival, crews found four men. The first of whom, a passenger, was treated for potentially serious injuries and conveyed by air ambulance to Royal Stoke University Hospital.
"The three other patients were treated for minor injuries and conveyed by land ambulance to Royal Stoke University Hospital for further treatment.'
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