Police appeal for witnesses after serious A35 crash

Police are seeking witnesses to a serious collision near Axminster yesterday afternoon [10 August] which left four men injured.

Emergency services were called to the A35 at Kilmington at 2pm following the collision between a blue VW Passat and a red Chevrolet Corvette.

The Corvette driver, a 57-year-old man from Wellington, and a male passenger both sustained serious injuries and were airlifted to hospital where they remain in a stable condition.

The Passat driver, a 63-year-old man from Swanage, and a male passenger sustained less serious injuries and were taken by ambulance to Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital.

Local units as well as officers from the Roads Policing Team and Serious Collison Investigation Unit attended the scene.

The road was closed for six hours while officers carried out a forensic examination of the scene.

Police are appealing for witnesses and appealing for anyone with information to contact police via 101@dc.police.uk or by phone on 101, quoting log number 0485 of 10/08/17.