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Six rushed to hospital after horror crash in north Shropshire

Six people were left with multiple injuries and rushed to hospital following a horrific smash near Market Drayton.

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Two people were trapped in their car and had to be cut free by firefighers after the crash which involved a two cars and one transit van on the A41 in Ashford between Ternhill Island and Sandfield Bends.

Emergency services - including six ambulances, a rapid response vehicle from the Midland Air Ambulance and five fire engines from Market Drayton, Prees and Wellington - were called to the scene at around 4.20pm yesterday.

Two people from the car had to be freed by firefighters using an electric saw after being trapped in their vehicle.

The front seat passenger, a woman believed to be in her 40's, was treated for multiple injuries. She was given pain relief before being taken to University Hospital of North Staffordshire.

The rear seat passenger, a teenage girl, was treated for back and chest injuries. She was also given pain relief and taken to the same hospital under alert for further assessment and treatment.

The driver of the car, a man believed to be in his 40's, had sustained a back injury. He was conveyed to the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital

The driver of the van, a man in his early 20's, was treated for leg and potential pelvic injuries. He was fully immobilised and given pain relief at the scene before being conveyed to the major trauma centre of University Hospital of North Staffordshire.

Two other men in their late teens, who were believed to have been travelling in the van at the time of the incident, were treated for neck injuries and chest and shoulder injuries.

Again both of the casualties were fully immobilised, as a precaution, and conveyed to Royal Shrewsbury Hospital for further assessment and treatment

A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: "Crews were called to a serious road traffic collision between a car and a van.

"Six people were found to have been injured in the collision, which left the road blocked for a period of time."

The road was closed for several hours in both directions by police and a diversion was put in place.

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