A34 shut after ambulance catches fire

Ambulance fire closes main road Ambulance fire closes main road

A mum and baby were involved in a dramatic rescue when their ambulance taking them on a 999 call burst into flames on one of Hampshire's busiest road.

The drama happened as they were being rushed to the Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester.

The ambulance was on the southbound carriageway of the A34 when is caught fire at about 6.45am.

The vehicle managed to pull into the hard shoulder of the southbound A34 near the A272 at about 6.45am after the crew detected smoke.

A spokesman for South Central Ambulance said the crew called for another ambulance which rushed to the scene to take the mum and her child to hospital.

There were no injuries in the incident and it has not been revealed why the baby, who was being transferred from Andover, was being taken to hospital.

Meanwhile massive tailbacks have built up after the inside lane was closed until 7.40am.

Comments(4)

Ozmosis says...
10:03am Thu 25 Oct 12

LOL. My earlier comments where noted and then removed, but you still missed:

A mum and baby were INVOVLED in a dramatic rescue when their...

Doh! ;-)

For pity sake says...
11:34am Thu 25 Oct 12

Ozmosis wrote:
LOL. My earlier comments where noted and then removed, but you still missed:

A mum and baby were INVOVLED in a dramatic rescue when their...

Doh! ;-)
How absolutely side-splitting.
Pillock

BenLovesCassie says...
6:13am Fri 26 Oct 12

I don't get it...

dolomiteman says...
11:42pm Fri 26 Oct 12

The A34 does not have a 'hard shoulder'?

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