Teenager rushed to hospital with 'potentially serious injuries' after Craven Arms train station incident

A woman in her late teens was taken to hospital after being found on the tracks at a south Shropshire train station with “potentially serious injuries”.

Emergency services were called to Craven Arms railway station on Sunday night (October 25) after reports of a person on the tracks.

Officers from the British Transport Police and paramedics - including an air ambulance critical care car - attended the incident, and the teenager was subsequently taken to hospital.

The transport police are not treating the incident as suspicious.

A spokeswoman for the West Midlands Ambulance Service said: “We were called to an incident at Craven Arms Railway Station in Craven Arms at 8.20pm on Sunday, October 25, and sent an ambulance, a paramedic officer and the Midlands Air Ambulance critical care car to the scene.

“On arrival, crews found a woman who was treated for potentially serious injuries before being conveyed to Royal Shrewsbury Hospital.”

A British Transport Police spokesman said: “Officers responded with paramedics and a woman was taken to hospital. The incident is not being treated as suspicious.”