Statement on Bridgend Incident

The Welsh Ambulance Service were called on Monday (19 October) at approximately 12:44pm, to reports of a road traffic collision on Coity Road, Bridgend.A Cymru High

Acuity Response Unit arrived on scene seven minutes after the initial call at 12:51pm, with two emergency ambulances arriving to provide additional support at 13:07pm and 13:13pm.

Advanced critical care support was delivered by the Emergency Medical Retrieval and Transfer Service who arrived in a Wales Air Ambulance charity helicopter.

The patient was conveyed by road to hospital.

We are aware that contradictory and misleading rumours regarding a delayed ambulance response have been circulating on social media.

These are factually untrue and we would encourage members of the public not to speculate.

Following preliminary investigations by the Welsh Ambulance Service, the Trust has been unable to identify any calls from Eleanor Barnfield’s phone numbers.

Enquiries are ongoing to establish if any calls were received by other means.