29/10/2015

Other News In Brief

Man Missing From Hospital Found 'Safe And Well'

A man who went missing from St Thomas's Hospital has been found 'safe and well', police have reported.

Police had issued an appeal to trace 30-year-old, Gyorgy Oderkacs, who went missing from the hospital while being treated for a head injury.

Police said that it was "vital" Mr Oderkacs treatment continued.

They thanked the public for help.

Woman Rescued Following Collision Between Car And Lorry

A woman has been cut free from a car trapped following a collision with a lorry on Holloway Road.

A car and a lorry collided on the northbound carriageway between Camden Road and Seven Sisters, London Fire Brigade reported.

Fire crews stabilised the vehicle and used cutting equipment to free the woman from the car. She was taken to hospital by London Ambulance Service crews.

There is no report on her condition.

Driver Sought Following Collision With Cyclist

Police have appealed for a driver involved in a collision with a cyclist on the A65 in Rawdon earlier this month, to come forward.

The driver of a dark-coloured car stopped at the scene of the collision near the entrance to the Sainsburys petrol station forecourt on New Road Side at around 22:40 on Wednesday, 1 October; however details were not exchanged between the two parties.

PC Dan Baldwin, of the Eastern Area Safer Roads and Neighbourhood Support Team, said: "The driver has stopped and spoken briefly to the cyclist at the scene but they have not exchanged details. The driver is asked to contact the Eastern Area Safer Roads and Neighbourhood Support Team via 101 so that we can complete our enquiries in to this incident."

(MH/LM)

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