BBC reporting 6 helicopters at M62 mini bus crash scene?
26 April 2013 Last updated at 14:02 Share this pageEmailPrint
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Fatalities feared as 19 injured in crash on M62
West Yorkshire Police said 19 people from the minibus were injured, six of them serious
There are unconfirmed reports of fatalities in a crash on the M62 in West Yorkshire which has injured 19 people, six of them seriously.
Emergency services and hospitals have declared a major incident following the collision between a lorry, a car and a minibus shortly after 11:00 BST.
West Yorkshire Police said the 19 people were in a mini bus which was in collision with a lorry and a car.
The driver of the lorry has been arrested, police confirmed.
Six helicopters
Yorkshire Ambulance Service said it had put major incident procedures in place following the collision on the westbound carriageway near junction 32.
Karl Milner, the executive director of Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, tweeted: "[Leeds General Infirmary] major trauma centre put on alert following pile up on M62 near Castleford".
The North West and Great North air ambulances are among emergency crews at the scene.
At one stage six helicopters were ferrying the injured from the scene.
A spokesman for the Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust said: "Ambulance clinicians are providing treatment at the scene and are working closely with their emergency service colleagues.
"At this time the number of patients is unknown."
Motorists have been urged to use the M18 or M1 instead. The carriageway is not expected to reopen until 18:00 BST.
One man who was stuck in traffic on the motorway tweeted: "Nine ambulances 4 fire engines and god knows how many police cars have gone past."
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