Leeds news Live: Serious crash closes New Road in Yeadon as police forensic investigators arrive

A serious crash has closed a road in Leeds on Sunday morning.
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Police forensic investigators are on the scene of a crash on New Road at the junction with Dibb Lane and Kirk Lane in Yeadon.

The force is calling the incident a serious RTC and is asking drivers to avoid the area.

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Photos surfacing this morning show a mangled wreck of a car which was involved in the incident.

A spokesman for West Yorkshire Police said: “ROAD CLOSED - A65 New Road jct Kirk Lane and Dibb Lane, Yeadon, Leeds due to a serious RTC. Please avoid the area.”

A spokesman for West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service based at Rawdon station said: "Two engines attended, one from Rawdon and one Cookrdige.

"On our arrival ambulance and police were already in attendance, four ambulances and I think six police cars.

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"The BMW was smashed up, believed to be coming down from the Aldi from Yeadon town centre, towards Dibb Lane.

The first photo from the scene of the crash in YeadonThe first photo from the scene of the crash in Yeadon
The first photo from the scene of the crash in Yeadon

"When we arrived paramedics were working on a lady, age unknown, and the driver was in the ambulance getting checked over.

"Our crews had to cut a little bit of the metal away so the ambulance crews had more access

"Crews assisted the ambulance crews getting her onto a stretcher where she was taken then to the LGI"

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She was conscious and breathing at the time but potentially could have multiple fractures.”

A spokeswoman for Yorkshire Ambulance Service said: "We got a call at 3.10am to the junction of Dibb Lane and New Road in Yeadon

"We sent two ambulances, a clinical supervisor and a hazardous area response team

"We attended the scene and took two patients to Leeds General Infirmary.

"And we left the scene 4.15am."