A41 crash: Woman has 'incredibly lucky escape' as car rolls into field in lorry collision
An "incredibly lucky" woman has avoided serious injury when the car she was in rolled over in a field after colliding with a lorry.
Just weeks after reopening due to summer roadworks, the A41 was closed again on Monday as emergency services rushed to attend a collision between an HGV and a car.
Ambulance, police and fire services attended the incident near Mill Green, just north of Hinstock, after reports of the collision came in just before 12pm.
Upon arrival, the emergency crews found the car on its side in a field adjacent to the road.
A spokesperson for the West Midlands Ambulance Service said a woman luckily escaped without injury after the car she was travelling in suffered significant damage.
They said: "A woman has had an incredibly lucky escape after the car she was in collided with a lorry and ended up on its side in a field.
"The crash happened at the junction of the A41 / Mill Green, High Heath, outside the old Four Crosses Pub, at around 11.55am this morning.
"A paramedic officer, a Midlands Air Ambulance Critical Care Car and an ambulance were sent to the scene.
"Although the car had suffered significant damage, the woman was able to get out of the vehicle. She was assessed at the scene before being taken to Royal Shrewsbury Hospital as a precaution."
Police alerted residents of the road closure at around 1pm.
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