JCB driver thrown from cab in crash
3:57pm Thursday 22nd May 2008
A JCB driver was flung from his cab and ended up under a lorry in a crash on the A19 in North Yorkshire.
The collision took place on the southbound A19 close to Knayton, near Thirsk, at 11.40am today.
The JCB was shunted across to the north bound lane by the crash. Its driver, a 62-year-old local man, was thrown clear from his cab and ended up underneath the lorry.
He suffered head and leg injuries and was taken by the Great North Air Ambulance to the James Cook Hospital, Teesside.
The lorry driver was uninjured in the crash which closed the road for a time.
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