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A41, A5 and Telford International Centre crashes keep fire crews busy

A busy road was shut after one of three crashes that happened within hours across Shropshire.

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The smashes happened in Whitchurch, Shrewsbury and Telford late on Friday and in the early hours of Saturday morning.

At around 6.30pm on Friday on the A41 in Whitchurch, a two-vehicle crash took place. Nobody was trapped in the vehicles.

A Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service spokesman said: "Five fire appliances were mobilised from Ellesmere, Wellington and Wem. An operations officer was in attendance.

"This incident involved two vehicles and there were no persons trapped on arrival of fire personnel."

Then, shortly after 11pm, a car hit a wall at the Telford International Centre. Again, nobody was trapped in the vehicle when fire crews arrived.

A fire service spokesman said: "Two fire appliances were mobilised from Telford and Tweedale. An operations officer was in attendance.

"This incident involved a saloon vehicle colliding with external wall. No persons trapped. No action required by fire service."

And at around 5.40am on Saturday morning, a driver lost control and crashed at the A5 Emstrey roundabout in Shrewsbury.

A fire service spokesman said: "Two fire appliances were mobilised from Shrewsbury. An operations officer was in attendance.

"Crews used a thermal imaging camera to deal with the incident. Request received to make vehicle safe following collision with street furniture."

It is not known if there were casualties or how serious injuries were. West Midlands Ambulance Service has been contacted for updates.

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