Appeal for information following serious collision near Middlewich

Thursday, 13 March 2025 18:12

Police are appealing for witnesses and video footage following a serious collision on the A54 near Middlewich.

At around 2.40pm Wednesday 12th March, police were called to reports of a collision on Holmes Chapel Road in Sproston.

Officers attended the scene and found there had been a collision between a HGV and a Ford Transit van.

The driver of the van, a 39-year-old man from Ashton in Makerfield, sustained serious injuries and was taken to the Royal Stoke Hospital. His injuries are not believed to be life changing.

The driver of the HGV, a 49-year-old man from Great Yarmouth, was uninjured.

No arrests have been made at this time and enquiries remain ongoing into the circumstances surrounding the collision.

Anyone who witnessed the incident, or anyone with any video footage which may aid the investigation is asked to contact Cheshire police on 101, or at:

www.cheshire.police.uk/tell-us

...quoting IML 2045993.

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