St Budeaux crash: Road closed as air ambulances land in Plymouth park

Air ambulances have been called to an incident in Plymouth today (Sunday 24 March).

It happened at around 9:45am on Victoria Road in the St Budeaux area of the city.

A spokeswoman for South Western Ambulance Service said: "We received a 999 call at 9.44am this morning (Sunday 24 March) regarding an incident in Plymouth.

"We dispatched three double crewed land ambulances, two air ambulances, two Operations Officers and a rapid response vehicle."

Traffic monitoring website Inrix said: "Victoria Road in both directions closed, slow traffic due to accident investigation work from Row Lane (St Budeaux) to A38 The Parkway (St Budeaux Junction, Plymouth). Road has been closed since around 11am this morning."

Sgt Steve Hawkins said: "Police received a call this morning at around 9.45am reporting that a vehicle had collided with two pedestrians - a female and a child - and that there was a serious injury involved.

"We've attended the scene along with fire and ambulance and very tragically a young five-year-old child and a female have since died as a result of this collision."

The fire, police and ambulance services have been at the scene, including forensic crash scene investigators.

Devon and Cornwall Police are appealing for any witnesses or anyone with dashcam footage to come forward quoting incident number 240 of 24 March.

Victoria Road is likely to remain closed until 7pm this evening, Sunday 24 March.

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