Woman cut free from car in tractor crash
A woman in her 60s had to be cut free from her 4x4 and needed hospital treatment today after a collision with a tractor on a busy road on the Shropshire border.
Firefighters freed the woman following the crash on the A53 in Almington, near Market Drayton. She was examined at the scene and taken to the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford to receive treatment for minor arm and neck injuries.
Police said the woman had been driving a silver Ford Ranger which was involved in the collision with a tractor shortly after 8.30am.
The road was blocked for a short time while firefighters worked to free the woman, causing delays for motorists using the road.
Fire crews from Hodnet, Market Drayton, Wellington and Staffordshire attended the scene and specialist cutting equipment was used to release the female driver of the 4x4 from her vehicle.
The driver of the tractor is believed to have been unhurt.
Suzie Fothergill, spokeswoman for West Midlands Ambulance Service, said: "We treated one patient who was freed with the assistance from the fire service.
"They were immobilised as a precaution and taken to the Princess Royal Hospital.
"She was a female in her 60s who had arm and neck pain.
"We sent two ambulances and two rapid response vehicles."
Faye Casey, spokeswoman for Staffordshire Police, said: "We received a call just before 8.40am of reports of a two-vehicle road traffic collision at Almington.
"The road was blocked and there were traffic tailbacks.
"The pick-up truck was recovered from the scene, the highways team were notified there was a diesel spillage on the road and one driver was taken on a spinal board to hospital."
