Police have confirmed an Ulverston man has been taken to hospital after a serious crash in Whitehaven. Officers were called just before 9.30am to a two vehicle crash on Yewbarrow Close near Bethshan Nursing Home. Roads in the area were closed while emergency services were at the scene dealing with the crash between a van and a car. A spokesman for the police said: A man in his sixties from Ulverston has been taken to the West Cumberland Hospital with injuries not believed to be life changing. The crash involved a Vauxhall Vivaro and a Ford Fiesta. Road closures were in place between the junctions of Meadow Road and Woodhouse Road while emergency services were on scene.
Man taken to hospital after serious West Cumbria crash
27/04/2021
A man in his 60s has been taken to hospital after a serious crash in West Cumbria.
Police were called at 9.24am to a collision outside Bethshan Nursing Home on Yewbarrow Close in Whitehaven.
Involved in the crash were a Vauxhall Vivaro and a Ford Fiesta.
Road closures were in place between the junctions of Meadow Road and Woodhouse Road while emergency services were on scene. The road has now reopened.
A spokeswoman for Cumbria Constabulary said: “A man in his 60s, from Ulverston, has been taken to the West Cumberland Hospital with injuries not believed to be life-changing.”
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Dr Tony Ginns TRIBUTES have been paid to a well-respected former Richmond GP, who died on April 14 aged 72. Dr Tony Ginns worked as a GP in the town s Quakers Lane Surgery until his retirement in 2008. Born in Kanpur, India, Tony Ginns was the only child of George Reginald and Ethel Lillian Ginns. Whilst his father remained in India with his work, Tony moved to England with his mother at the age of five to attend school. However, he spent his summer holidays back in India chasing monkeys in his father’s garden. His mother died when he was 10-years-old, leading to him being sent to Ratcliffe College as a boarder, being brought up by his aunt, but still travelling to India every summer to stay with his father.
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