Air ambulance called as man taken to hospital after car careers off country road and flips over
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA driver has been taken to hospital after a car careered off a country road in Rochdale and flipped over. It's thought the man may have suffered a medical episode at the wheel of the red Mini moments before the crash on Edenfield Road in Red Lumb.
An air ambulance and other emergency services were called to the scene around 9.30am today. The road was closed for a number of hours.
Fellow motorist Paul Ellison witnessed the crash. He said he rushed to help the driver alongside an off-duty firefighter and found him unconscious and not breathing. "I was driving behind him, there was one car between us, when it happened," said Paul. READ MORE: 'Some people have responded with quite funny looks and are surprised we've chosen to come to Parklife' "All of a sudden [the Mini] started moving into the opposite lane.
It was a bit like a pinball. "It moved to the right and hit a wall and a banking, then it deflected back to the left and started flipping.
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