Two injured after car crashes into building at Watford General Hospital

A car struck one of the buildings within the Vicarage Road site at around 9.45am.

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The driver, along with a member of staff who was hit by the vehicle, have been taken to the hospital’s emergency department for treatment.

The driver remains in A&E but the pedestrian has since been discharged, West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust says.

The collision is being treated as “accidental”.

Sally Tucker, chief operating officer at the trust, told the Watford Observer: “We can confirm that an incident has occurred at Watford General Hospital on Thursday, August 11 involving a car accidentally colliding with a non-clinical administrative building.

“The driver and a member of staff are being treated in our emergency department. No patients or visitors were involved in this accident and there has been no disruption to patient services.

“We would like to thank Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service and East of England Ambulance Service for their prompt arrival at the scene and our staff who provided immediate assistance.”

The fire service says its crews helped free the driver who was left trapped inside the vehicle.

A spokesperson for Hertfordshire Fire & Rescue Service said: "We were called at 9.48am this morning to reports that a car had collided with a building at Watford General Hospital.

"Two fire engines from Watford Fire Station and the Rescue Support Unit from St Albans were sent to the scene, where crews found a car which had hit a hospital admin building, trapping the driver.

"Firefighters stabilised the vehicle and used specialised equipment to extricate one person from the car who was left in the care of hospital staff.

"Crews then worked to make the scene safe, and one fire engine remains at the scene to liaise with a structural engineer to assess damage to the building. Hertfordshire Police are investigating the cause of the collision."

People in the area described the initial situation as “chaos” as emergency services rushed to the scene.

The Observer has been told the incident happened in a car parking area near a road that leads out of the hospital and that runs alongside the neighbouring Vicarage Road football stadium.

Circled in red is where the collision is believed to have taken place. Credit: Google Street View

The circumstances surrounding the collision are unclear at this time.

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