RTC A631 Corringham Road, Gainsborough
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Update, 6 August:
Max Holmes, of Homemead Grove, Birmingham, pleaded guilty at Lincoln Magistrates' Court yesterday (5 August) to causing serious injury by dangerous driving; driving while disqualified; and using a motor vehicle on a road/public place without third party insurance.
The 19-year-old has been remanded into custody and will sentenced at a date yet to be set.
Update, 5 August
A 19-year-old man has been charged with three offences following this incident.
Max Holmes, of Homemead Grove, Birmingham, has been charged with causing serious injury by dangerous driving; driving while disqualified; and using a motor vehicle on a road/public place without third party insurance.
He is due to appear at Lincoln Magistrates' Court, this morning.
Original article, 4 August, 3.24pm
Emergency services are dealing with a collision which happened at 10.30 am today, Sunday 4 August, involving a silver Vauxhall Meriva which was travelling towards Gainsborough, a black Mercedes saloon travelling towards Corringham and a second black Mercedes SUV also travelling towards Corringham. The collision happened at the junction of Corringham Road and Thorndyke Way. The silver Meriva was failing to stop for police officers at the time of the collision.
The driver and passenger of the black Mercedes saloon have been taken to hospital; their injuries are not believed to be serious. The passenger of the silver Meriva has also been taken to hospital with injuries described as serious. The driver and only occupant of the black Mercedes SUV was not injured.
The A631 was closed and remains closed at this time.
Just before 9.50am, the driver of the silver Meriva had failed to stop for police officers in Lincoln; a pursuit had been authorised. The silver Meriva was driven along the B1188 at Canwick towards the Eastern Bypass where the driver turned left. It travelled towards Lincoln travelling the wrong way around the bypass roundabouts. The driver continued along the A158 towards Wragby where he turned left heading along the A157 towards Louth. As the A157 joined with the A631 near Louth the driver turned left and continued until the collision was reported at the junction of Thorndyke Way and Corringham Road, Gainsborough. During the pursuit the driver rammed the marked BMW police car, and a crow bar which is believed to have been thrown from the Vauxhall Meriva became lodged into the police car front bumper. Our officers have not been injured.
The driver, a 19-year-old man, has been arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving, attempt to cause grievous bodily harm and a burglary; he remains in custody at this time.
We are appealing for information that will assist our investigation. We would like to hear from anyone who witnessed the collision and from anyone who has dashcam footage of the Meriva as it failed to stop for police between Lincoln and Gainsborough. Anyone who has information is asked to contact the Investigating Officer, DC Helen Allcroft by email at [email protected]. Please quote Incident 117 of 4 August in the subject heading.
Detective Superintendent Richard Myszczyszyn, Lincolnshire Police, said: “We will be completing a full and detailed investigation into the events of this morning. It’s too early to update with any more information and investigations of this nature take a considerable length of time. We will be interviewing the man arrested and speaking to witnesses, we will provide updates when we have information to share.
“As this is an ongoing criminal investigation, I ask that speculation is avoided, it is not helpful to those involved and may prejudice the investigation.”
The Force has referred the incident to the Independent Office for Police Conduct as is standard procedure in a case of this nature.