70-year-old suffers serious burns in car fire near Oswestry
A man in his 70’s has suffered serious burns after his car caught fire in Rhosygadfa near Oswestry at just after 12.15pm today.
The man had suffered approximately 60% burns to his chest and legs after the car in which he was driving caught fire.
The Welsh Air Ambulance was called upon to transfer the casualty to the Burns Unit of the new Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham.
The hospital was alerted to the serious condition of injured man.
Shropshire Fire and Rescue attended the fire with 2 appliances from Oswestry and an officer from Shrewsbury.
