A woman has been taken to a major trauma centre after a crash on a north London road on Monday evening.
The collision happened on Milkwood Road, N15, in Tottenham. Emergency services were called to the scene at 5.01pm on Monday, 9 November.
Paramedics treated the woman at the roadside before taking her to hospital. A trauma team from London’s Air Ambulance was also sent to the scene.
A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We sent an ambulance crew and three paramedics in fast response cars. We also dispatched a trauma team in a car from London’s Air Ambulance. We treated a patient at the scene and took her to a major trauma centre.”
London’s Air Ambulance sends specialist trauma teams to the most seriously injured patients in the capital. The teams travel by helicopter during the day and by rapid response car at night, bringing hospital-level emergency care to the roadside.
The ambulance service did not say what vehicles were involved in the collision, how it happened, or whether anyone else was injured. It also did not name the hospital the woman was taken to, or give any update on her condition.
It was the second crash on a road of the same name in London on Monday. A woman was also taken to a major trauma centre after a collision on Milkwood Road in Herne Hill, south London, earlier in the afternoon, after paramedics were called at 3.28pm.
A major trauma centre is a hospital with specialist teams on hand around the clock to treat the most seriously injured patients. People with life-threatening injuries are taken there directly, rather than to their nearest hospital, so they can be seen by surgeons, anaesthetists and other specialists as soon as they arrive.
Road closures elsewhere in London on Monday included West Green Road in Wood Green, which was shut in both directions after a crash.
