Taxi driver dies after crashing into tree in Telford
A taxi driver has died after crashing into a tree in Telford.
Emergency services were called to Ironbridge Road in Madeley shortly before 10.30pm last night where the red Skoda Octavia taxi crashed.
CPR was given to the Go Carz driver, a man in his 50s, but he was pronounced deceased at the scene.
A passenger was also injured.
Detectives are investigating reports that the car may have been involved in an altercation with the occupants of an unknown vehicle outside Tesco in Madeley, and also on the B4373 Madeley Road prior to the collision.
Scene guards are currently in place outside Tesco and on the road leading to Abraham Darby School, while police carry out enquiries in the area.
DCI Mo Lansdale of Telford CID said: “We are appealing for anyone who witnessed the incident last night to call us and in particular anyone who may have seen the taxi driving through the area in the moments leading up to the collision.
“If you have any information, please call West Mercia Police on 101 and quote incident number 874s of 7 August.”
Alternatively, information can be provided anonymously to the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or via www.crimestoppers-uk.org.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: “When ambulance staff arrived they found a car which had collided with a tree. The driver was in cardiac arrest and was already being given CPR by fellow emergency services. Ambulance staff took over resuscitation efforts and continued advanced life support. Sadly, the driver was confirmed dead a short time later.
“A man in his 20s, a passenger from the car, had managed to get out of the vehicle but upon assessment by ambulance staff he was found to have sustained abdominal, neck and back pain in the collision. The man was given pain relief before being fully immobilised with a neck collar and spinal board and taken on blue lights to Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham.”
Graham Hoof, operations director at Go Carz, said: "We can confirm that the incident in Ironbridge Road, Madeley, involved one of our drivers who sadly passed away. We are assisting the police with their investigations and our thoughts are very much with the driver's family and the passenger who was injured."
