Driver seriously injured as two cut free after lorry crash near Shrewsbury
A man was seriously injured when the car he was driving was involved in a crash with a lorry near Shrewsbury.
The man and a female passenger in the car both had to be cut free by fire crews after the collision on the A488 in Hanwood at 7am on Monday.
The man was taken to hospital in Birmingham with serious injuries while his passenger and the male lorry driver were both taken to hospital in Shrewsbury with minor injuries.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: “Crews arrived at the scene of the collision to find three patients involved; the driver of the HGV and the driver and passenger of the car.
“The driver of the car, a man, was treated for potentially serious injuries and was taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital by land ambulance for further treatment.
“The passenger in the car, a woman, and the driver of the HGV, a man, were both treated for injuries not believed to be serious and were conveyed to Royal Shrewsbury Hospital in separate ambulances for further treatment.”
The ambulance service sent three ambulances, two paramedic officers and the Midlands Air Ambulance from Cosford to the scene.
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service said two people were trapped in the car and cutting equipment was used by fire crews to release the casualties from the vehicle.
In other incidents, a fire engine was called to Abbey Foregate in Shrewsbury at 10.30pm on Sunday after a car collided with railings.
And just after 9pm on Sunday, three fire crews, including the rescue tender, were sent to another crash in Moss Road, Wrockwardine Wood, Telford.
A car had crashed into a building.
Nobody was trapped at either of those crash sites.
