Pedestrian airlifted to hospital with ‘potentially life-threatening’ injuries after collision with lorry on M11 near Stansted
Police investigating how a pedestrian was injured in a collision with a lorry on the M11 near Stansted Airport on Friday (October 11) are appealing for witnesses and dashcam footage.
The male casualty was airlifted to Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge with “potentially life-threatening” injuries.
A spokesman for Essex Police said: “We were called to a collision between a pedestrian and a lorry on the southbound carriageway near junction 8 of the motorway just after 9am.
“A man, the pedestrian, has been airlifted to hospital with serious injuries which are being treated as potentially life-threatening.
”Both carriageways were closed between junctions 7 and 8 while emergency services worked at the scene.
“The northbound carriageway was closed for an hour and the southbound carriageway was closed for three hours. Officers are currently carrying out investigations and will be partially reopening the southbound carriageway as quickly as possible. Thank you for your patience.
“We are appealing for any additional information or dashcam footage from those in the area.”
East of England Ambulance Service was called just before 9.10am. It sent an ambulance, an ambulance officer vehicle and the Essex and Herts Air Ambulance to the scene.
A spokesperson said: “An adult man was airlifted to Addenbrooke’s Hospital [in Cambridge] in a serious condition.”
Witnesses should submit a report on Essex Police’s website www.essex.police.uk or use the force’s online Live Chat service, quoting incident 0256 of Friday, October 11.