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Thursday, August 27th, 2009 No. 6,411 ...................^ ^
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vby.Faiza Afzaal ■ APREGNANT Ribble Valley
!. woman who was involved in a ■horrific cr^h'on the notorious ^A59^bypass has arrived; home • safe and well ,with her new-born
baby. Karen Mulcock (34), who lives in
1 Bolton-By-Bowland with her hus- .band,'Jason,: gave b ir th to a ; healthy.b^by^bby hours after surr viving theVr^h, which happened
' at about 12^15 jp.m. on Saturday. ’ '■' ■ Karen, vvav-fofih'er:
of Medieval fun at thevGastle
; ' urday.'Turn to page four for our full report. Our picture’shows six-ycar-old Kylc S Kendall kitted out ready for battle in the Middle Ages. (B22G809/2) ,
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. ClitheroejRo^ Grammar Sclibol, was 38 weeks pregiiiant and travel ling towards Clitheroe when she :was involved in the head-on colli sion with a Ford Escort bn the A59, 400,’yards"away, frbmKilhLan
’ ? IT was fiin for all (he family at Clilheroe Castle’s successful Medieval Market oh Sat- ■’ ‘ '■■ ■
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and dose^to the Stirk House Hotel.' ■ Emergency-crews; including police,' fire and the North West'Air
Ambulance Service; attended the scene., . A passer-by, who had stopped to
give his assistance before para medics arrived on scene, discovered Karen vyas trapped inside the vehi-
i cle and pulled her out. A couple who .were both doctors had also stoppedtbhelp; • . S Police said th e driver of the
Escort; Zanih Rasobl, of Accring-; ton Road, Blackburn, had to be cut
■ free from her vehicle by fire-fight-. : ers. She suffered broken r i ^ punc- ■ tured lungs and injuries to her arm and legs. . , ■
■ . ' ■ Fire screws ; from Earby,
Barnoldswick and Clitherbe were at the scene for an hour stabilising the 43-year-old driver. She.was
• flown to Royal Blackburn Hospi t a l . - ^
• ' Karen,
whb.is a deputy head
teacher at St Mary^Magdalene’s CE Primary School,"Accrington,
sustained bruises and was taken to Royal Blackburn Hospital by land ambulance for a check and later gave birth.
- \ Karen and Jason would like to
thank the emergency crews and : everyone who stopped at the scene and helped. They have’ also expressed gratitude to medical staff
.a t Royal Blackburn Hospital for : their efforts. .
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Mr Gary Thorpe, crew manager ; for Bamoldswick Fire Station, said
: “This was a very serious accident; and both drivers arb very lucky that their injuries were'not more : severe.
. - . . “The A59 is a dangerous rbad ,
"and it could have been'a lot worse.” ''/The'road was closed for three
. hours following the accident. ' Police investigations are continur ing into the accident and witnesses
■ are urged to call Sgt Pete Sculpher on 01254 353211 with information.
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