Three injured as car overturns in Telford
Three people were taken to hospital last night when a car overturned in Telford.
The vehicle carrying four people was travelling along Fireclay Drive in St Georges, Telford at 7.30pm when it overturned into a ditch.
Three people, a male driver in his 40s, his front seat male passenger in his 40s and a 15 year old boy who was a rear-seat passenger, were immobilised with the use of a spinal boards and neck collars and taken to the Princess Royal Hospital.
The fourth occupant; another 15 year old boy who was a rear seat passenger, didn’t require hospital treatment.
Busy Night for Ambulance Service
Serving 5.3 million people living in Shropshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Coventry & Warwickshire, Staffordshire and the Birmingham & the Black Country last night proved a busy evening for the West Midland Ambulance Service.
The New Year was traditionally busy with crews being called in the early hours to drink-related incidents, mainly at bars and clubs. In the last four hours of 2011, from 8pm to midnight, the Service received 548 calls.
In Shropshire 31 calls were made to the service, the busiest hour was between midnight and 1am with 26 calls.
In the first five hours of 2012, the service received 1,182 calls, 87 were made in Shropshire.
Officer in Charge Tracey Morrell said: “The majority of the cases involved stitching lacerations and head wounds; the result of assaults or trips and falls. We all worked well together to keep people out of Accident and Emergency departments.”
Chief Executive Anthony Marsh said: “Once again, our staff did a fantastic job to ensure the safety of everyone in the West Midlands, including those visiting our area to celebrate the New Year.”
