I have received the following notice of a tragic accident from South Central Ambulance service:

Ambulance in collision with tree on A337 Brockenhurst to
Lyndhurst road Hampshire at 09.35am
A double crewed ambulance belonging to South Central Ambulance Service NHS
Foundation Trust (SCAS) was involved in a collision with a tree on the A337
Brockenhurst to Lyndhurst road at 09.35 this morning.
The ambulance was en route to Southampton General Hospital at the time of the
incident conveying an elderly male patient. The patient was accompanied in the
ambulance by a relative.
A female member of the ambulance crew and the elderly male patient were
pronounced dead at scene.
A male relative of the deceased patient was collared and boarded at scene and has
been conveyed to Southampton General Hospital by land ambulance.
A male ambulance crew member has been airlifted to Southampton General
Hospital by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance (Helimed 56).
South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust is conducting appropriate
welfare checks with the families of all involved.
The road is closed until further notice and motorists are asked to avoid the area.
Diversions are in place.

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