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Six people have been taken to hospital and at least three others have been injured after a car drove into them as they sat outside their tents at a campsite.
Emergency services were called to Newgale Campsite at the edge of the A487 in Pembrokeshire, Wales, at around 10.40pm on Saturday August 12.
Holidaymakers had gathered to socialise outside when horrified staff heard ‘screaming’ at Newgale Camping in Pembrokeshire.
A blue Ford Fiesta, believed to have been travelling from Roch towards St Davids, ‘veered off the road’, according to police, colliding with several people and a tent.
One person was airlifted to hospital in Cardiff, while four others were taken to Glangwili Hospital in Carmarthen and another casualty was taken to Swansea’s Morriston Hospital.
The red strobe lights of the air ambulance can be seen hovering over the Newgale Campsite on Saturday. Six people were taken to hospital – including one casualty airlifted to Cardiff
Images shared on social media show a huge emergency presence at the campsite last night.
The red lights of an air ambulance can be seen hovering over the area as multiple emergency vehicles park up.
The road was closed overnight to allow accident investigation work to take place. Police have since launched an appeal for information.
Bosses at the campsite say a baby was saved by its own cot and that there had initially been fears of fatalities.
Campsite owner Mike Harris told WalesOnline: ‘It happened at 10:38pm, I had left the campsite four minutes earlier and didn’t hear or see anything.
‘My staff heard the screaming and informed me immediately while they called the emergency services.
‘I think they first thought there would have been fatalities and that’s why there were so many emergency vehicles here. I think one baby was saved purely by the fact it was in a cot.’
The road was closed overnight for investigations before the campsite reopened at 10am on Sunday.
A huge emergency service presence descended on the Newgale Campsite after the collision happened shortly before 10.40pm
The crash happened at the Newgale site beside the A487 in Pembrokeshire, Wales
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Mr Harris said nine people had been injured in total before up to 15 emergency vehicles attended.
He added: ‘There are no fatalities and from what I understand none of the injuries are life-threatening but I would say some are certainly life-changing.’
A spokesperson for Dyfed-Powys Police said: ‘We are appealing for witnesses following a serious collision, which saw a car crash off the A487 and into a campsite in Pembrokeshire last night (Sat).
‘At shortly after 10.30pm calls were made to emergency services reporting the collision at Newgale Campsite.
‘The blue Ford Fiesta, which contained a number of occupants, is believed to have been travelling from Roch towards St Davids veered off the road.
‘It crashed into the campsite, colliding with a number of people and a tent, injuring nine, including passengers in the car.
‘The injuries sustained by two of them are described as serious. They remain in hospital.
‘The road was closed to allow investigations and reopened at around 7.45am today.
‘Officers are appealing for any information regarding the vehicle, a blue Fiesta, and its occupants.
‘We are especially interested in any dash-cam or doorbell footage which may have captured the vehicle being driven from Roch to the scene of the collision at Newgale.’
Anyone with information is asked to contact police on 101, quoting reference DP-20230812-402. Tips can also be passed on anonymously via Crimestoppers.
A Welsh Ambulance Service spokesman said: ‘We were called yesterday (12 August) at around 22:40 to reports of an incident at Newgale Campsite, Pembrokeshire.
‘We sent six emergency ambulances, one duty operations manager, one Cymru high acuity response unit and our crews were supported on scene by the emergency medical and retrieval transfer service and search and rescue helicopter.
‘One patient was flown to University Hospital of Wales, four patients were taken by road to Glangwilli Hospital, and one patient was taken by road to Morriston Hospital.’
