Passenger critically injured in A5 crash near Shrewsbury

The crash involved a grey Jaguar XF and happened at around 6.30pm on Wednesday between the Edgebold Roundabout for Hanwood and the Dobbies Roundabout at Bayston Hill.

The female passenger was critically injured and taken to the major trauma centre in Stoke while the male driver suffered minor injuries and was taken to hospital in Shrewsbury.

The road was initially shut in both directions and remained closed eastbound between the two roundabouts until the early hours of the morning.

West Mercia Police is investigating and has asked anyone who saw the Jaguar, or captured it on dash-cam footage, to come forward.

West Midlands Ambulance Service sent numerous resources to the scene including three ambulances, a critical care care and the hazardous area response team.

A spokeswoman for the service said: "Upon arrival we found a man and a woman from the car. The woman who was a passenger in the car had sustained potentially life-threatening injuries. She received advanced trauma care on scene. She was conveyed to Royal Stoke University Hospital for further care.

"The man who was the driver of the car had sustained potentially serious injuries. He received treatment at the scene. He was conveyed to Royal Shrewsbury Hospital.”

The road was reopened at around 1.50am, National Highways said.

Meanwhile firefighters were sent to deal with a blaze on the A5 at Emstrey, with two engines sent from Shrewsbury to deal with the fire at 9.10pm.

When they reached the scene they found that one car had been destroyed and firefighters donned breathing apparatus and used hose reel jets to put out the flames.

The fire service stop message was received by controllers at 9.46pm.

Anyone with information or footage regarding the crash is asked to contact police via the force website quoting incident 470 of March 16.