Motorist cut free after car crashes
Monday 30th November 2009, 2:02PM GMT.
A man in his 30s had to be cut free from the wreckage of a car after it left the road and smashed into a lamp post on a main road near Market Drayton.
The man, who was the only occupant of the car, has not been named by the emergency services.
The motorist suffered a suspected serious head injury and was taken by ambulance to the University Hospital North Staffordshire.
The accident happened on the A53 Newcastle Road, near Market Drayton, just after 3am today.
The blue MG car ended up in a hedge after the crash on the Shropshire/Staffordshire border close to Tunstall Hall.
Firefighters battled for about 40 minutes to cut away the roof and side of the vehicle so the man could be treated by paramedics ahead of him being transferred to hospital.
Mark Smith, crew manager at Market Drayton Fire Station, said: “One vehicle had been in collision with a lamp pole.
“We had to remove the roof and side of the car as there was some concern about a head injury at one stage.”
No other vehicle was involved in the accident.
Firefighters from Market Drayton, Hodnet, Shrewsbury and Wellington went to the scene and stood down just before 4am.
Police are appealing for any witnesses to the incident to call them on 0300 3333000.
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