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Burning car woman survives with whiplash injury
A young woman was lucky to survive with only a whiplash injury and smoke inhalation after being dragged from her burning car following a road accident.
23-year-old Sarah Statham was driving her Volkswagen Polo through the Lancashire town of Cliviger when she collided head-on with a Nissan Micra. The car caught fire immediately but eyewitnesses raced to the rescue and pulled Miss Statham clear. The driver of the Micra suffered a broken leg in the car crash and his three passengers also received various personal injuries including concussion and broken bones.
Fire crews and paramedics rushed to the scene and the burning car was extinguished while the casualties were taken to Burnley General Hospital .
A passer-by who helped rescue the vehicle accident victims said, “I ran to the Polo straight away because it was on fire and pulled out the woman, who was trapped in the driver side. I didn’t know how far to drag her away in case the car exploded, so I just dragged her as far away as I could.”
After the scene was cleared and Miss Statham had been taken to hospital to have her whiplash injury and breathing difficulties treated, Watch Manager Neil Ashworth from Burnley Fire Station spoke to the press and praised the rescuers. He said, “If they hadn’t got them out as quick as they did, then somebody could easily have died.
“It was a marvellous effort from everybody involved and we were just so glad that there was nobody left in the cars or it could have been a lot worse.”
