Video: Teen and child cut free from car as air ambulances land at TNS football ground
A teenager and a child were airlifted to hospital after their car crashed into a tree today
The crash happened at about 1pm in Burma Road, Park Hall, Oswestry and involved one car, but both occupants were trapped inside and had to be cut free by emergency services.
Kieran Bodill, spokesman for West Mercia Police, said: "We were called just after 12.50pm following reports of a car colliding with a tree.
"One passenger was taken to Birmingham Children's Hospital and another man to Stoke Royal Infirmary, both by air ambulance."
Both the Midland Air Ambulance from Cosford and the Wales Air Ambulance from Welshpool were sent to the scene, landing on the pitch at The New Saints' Park Hall ground.
Claire Brown, West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman, added: "The car had left the road and collided with a large oak tree, causing significant damage to the car.
"The passenger, a seven-year-old boy, had managed to get himself out of the wreckage before the emergency services arrived but the driver was trapped inside.
"Upon assessment by ambulance staff, the young boy was found to have suffered facial injuries and multiple fractures to his leg.
"He was given strong pain relief as well as a drug to prevent blood loss. Once stable, the boy was transferred to the awaiting Midlands Air Ambulance before being airlifted to Birmingham Children's Hospital for further specialist trauma care.
"The driver, a 19-year-old man, sustained significant leg fractures. While ambulance staff and the medics immobilised the man and administered various trauma drugs to help stabilise his condition, the fire service worked carefully around the team to release the man from the wreckage."
