Bus driver seriously injured in collision with two lorries

A volunteer emergency doctor from East Midlands Immediate Care Scheme (EMICS) was called on duty early this morning to assist paramedics with a bus driver seriously injured in a road traffic collision involving his bus and two lorries on the A15 near Waddingham, Lincolnshire today (Tuesday 13th December 2011)

Dr Mark Folman, who is a general practitioner in practice in Newark, Nottinghamshire and currently the chairman of EMICS was called at 07.16 am by the East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) to give assistance to the EMAS, and other, paramedics in caring for and sedating the bus driver during the one hour extrication process from the bus which had been in collision with two lorries. Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue Service was in charge of the extrication. Dr Folman accompanied the injured patient to hospital on the Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance where he is reported to be in a stable condition.

The incident occurred on the A15 between the B1205 Kirton Road junction in Waddingham and the A631 junction at Caenby Corner. The patients in the lorries suffered only minor injuries and luckily there were no passengers on the bus.