Lepton crash leaves teenager badly hurt

Apr 2 2009 By Hazel Ettienne

MORE safety investigations are to take place after the latest crash on a “blackspot” road.

Councillors will meet police after the latest serious accident in Wakefield Road, Lepton, to decide if more work is needed to make the busy road safer.

The news follows a crash early yesterday which left a Dalton man seriously ill in hospital.

His car plunged into a field in Lepton after careering off the road, between Pond Lane and Pinfold Lane.

The 18-year-old driver of the VW Corrado was driving on the A642 from Grange Moor towards Lepton when the car veered off the road crashed through a fence and ploughed into a field.

He was trapped in the vehicle for 30 minutes and had to be freed by firecrews from Huddersfield.

The man suffered serious facial and head injuries and was taken to Huddersfield Royal Infirmary and later transferred to Leeds General Infirmary from where his condition was said to be “stable”.

Police have appealed for witnesses to the incident which happened shortly after midnight.

Anyone with information is asked to contact PC Ray Terry at Huddersfield Road Traffic on 0845 6060606.

The A642 was re-opened shortly after the incident but was then closed for several hours because he severity of the man’s injuries prompted a major police inquiry.