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| Sick baby in 999 ambulance crash | |
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| An ambulance carrying a seriously ill four-week-old baby on an emergency journey has overturned on a motorway. | |
| The accident happened on Sunday morning at the junction of the M62 and M621 at Gildersome, just outside Leeds. | The accident happened on Sunday morning at the junction of the M62 and M621 at Gildersome, just outside Leeds. |
| The ambulance, travelling from Preston to Leeds, crashed near the scene of two earlier accidents and police said ice on the road may have been a factor. | The ambulance, travelling from Preston to Leeds, crashed near the scene of two earlier accidents and police said ice on the road may have been a factor. |
| The boy was taken to Leeds General Infirmary in another ambulance. He was in a "critical but stable" condition. | |
| There was a medical team from the hospital on board as well as the crew from the Yorkshire Ambulance Service. All were shocked but uninjured. | There was a medical team from the hospital on board as well as the crew from the Yorkshire Ambulance Service. All were shocked but uninjured. |
| A spokeswoman for the service said the vehicle involved was providing an emergency transfer to the hospital and was operating its blue lights and sirens at the time of the accident. | A spokeswoman for the service said the vehicle involved was providing an emergency transfer to the hospital and was operating its blue lights and sirens at the time of the accident. |
| A hospital spokesman said he could not say whether the accident had affected the child's overall condition. | A hospital spokesman said he could not say whether the accident had affected the child's overall condition. |
| He said it was being moved to Leeds from Preston for specialist treatment because of his condition. | He said it was being moved to Leeds from Preston for specialist treatment because of his condition. |
| The parents of the boy, whose age has not been confirmed, were travelling separately. | The parents of the boy, whose age has not been confirmed, were travelling separately. |