Leighton Buzzard bypass closed at Stanbridge after crash on A505

The A505 near Leighton Buzzard is closed at Stanbridge after a car hit a tree.

Police are at the scene and say that the road is likely to remain closed “for some time”.

Meanwhile, an eyewitness told the LBO that the police, firefighters and an air ambulance arrived “in a matter of a few minutes.”

A Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service spokesman, said: “At 11.17am today (August 14) crews from Leighton Buzzard, Dunstable and Stopsley were called to a road traffic collision involving one car that had hit a tree on the A505. Crews made the scene safe and the occupants of the car self-extricated.”

Two people were treated by the ambulance service.

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