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Cyclist, 14, suffers serious head injury in Shropshire village crash

A 14-year-old cyclist has suffered serious head injuries in crash involving a car in Shropshire.

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The boy suffered the injuries following the crash with a white Volkswagen car at about 7.25am this morning outside Princes Electrical on Church Street in Prees, near Whitchurch.

Scene on Church Street in Prees
Church Street in Prees was closed

The teenager received trauma care at the scene and was taken to Alder Hey Hospital in Liverpool.

It caused the road to be closed in both directions between the Pinfold junction and the Shrewsbury Street junction.

A police spokesman said: "We would like to speak to anyone who witnessed the incident or who saw the vehicles and the manner in which they were being driven prior to the collision.

"Anyone with information is asked to call West Mercia Police on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 quoting incident number 065S of January 23."

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