One in hospital as car hits a lamp post in Shawbury
Police were at the scene of a crash in Shawbury after a car was reported to have hit a lamp post.
The incident occurred just after 7am this morning (October 2), Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service said, on the A53 Jct where it joins the B5063.
A spokesperson for the fire service said the police were at the scene of the incident after "one vehicle had hit a lamp post."
West Mercia Police said a casualty was taken to hospital.
A spokesperson said: "We were called to reports of a single vehicle RTC on the A53 at Shawbury around 7.15am this morning (Thursday) where a car was in collision with a lamp post and overturned.
"No arrests have been made but a passenger has been taken to hospital with injuries. The road is currently closed, and Highways have been called to make the lamp post safe."
A spokesperson for West Midlands Ambulance Service said: "We were called to reports of an RTC at the junction of the A53 and B5063 near Shawbury at 7.14am.
"An ambulance was sent to the scene where, on arrival, crews found a car had come off the road and ended up on its roof. A woman was treated for minor injuries and conveyed to Royal Shrewsbury Hospital. A man was assessed but was not found to be injured."
