A pregnant woman was taken to hospital after she swerved her car to avoid a fallen tree at Postern Hill, on the A346 near Marlborough, yesterday and crashed into a stationary BMW.

The 34-year-old woman braked hard in her Ford Focus just before 1pm to avoid hitting the tree, brought down by high winds in the wake of Hurricane Gonzalo.

 

The airbags of her car deployed and when ambulance service paramedics arrived she was hyperventilating and was badly shaken.

She did not suffer serious injuries and was taken to Great Western Hospital in Swindon for a checkup.