A teacher is hospitalized after a three-vehicle crash on Leek Road on Jan. 26, 2026, during morning rush hour.

A 52-year-old teacher, Lisa Moorhouse, remains hospitalized after a three-vehicle crash on Leek Road in Staffordshire on January 26, 2026, during morning rush hour. She was driving her Volkswagen Polo when a broken-down Vauxhall Vivaro van was hit from behind by a Ford Transit van, which then collided with her car, causing severe damage and spinning both vehicles. Moorhouse underwent emergency surgery at Royal Stoke University Hospital and is recovering, though she remains traumatized. Witnesses and police confirm the crash was unavoidable, and Staffordshire Police are investigating, appealing for dashcam footage and witness accounts.