Woman taken to hospital with ‘potentially serious injuries’ after car hit tree off A49
All three emergency services attended
A woman was rushed to hospital after she crashed into a tree off a rural Shropshire road.
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The woman’s car left the A49 near Dorrington just before 4pm yesterday (November 8).
Police, firefighters and an ambulance crew attended.
A spokesperson for West Mercia Police said: “We received a call around 4pm yesterday afternoon with a report of a road traffic collision on the A49, Dorrington.
“Officers arrived to find a car had collided with a tree and remained at the scene to manage the road closure.”
The ambulance service said the driver of the car was taken to hospital following the crash.
A spokesperson for West Midlands Ambulance Service said: “One ambulance attended the scene. Upon arrival we found a woman who was the driver of the car.
“She was assessed and had sustained potentially serious injuries. She received treatment at the scene before being conveyed to Royal Shrewsbury Hospital for further assessment.”
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