Motorcyclist airlifted to hospital following collision near Bridgnorth
A motorcyclist has been airlifted to hospital following a road traffic collision on the A442 near Six Ashes, Bridgnorth, earlier today.
The collision involving a car and motorbike happened Broad Oak, Six Ashes at approximately 9.20am this morning.
Ambulance crews treated a male in his seventies for serious leg fractures, head, chest and pelvic injuries.
He was immobilised using a neck collar, spinal board and leg splint and receives pain relief by the air ambulance doctor before being flown to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham for further assessment and treatment.
The driver of the car was treated at the scene but did not require further hospital treatment.
The air ambulance landed in the car park of a nearby restaurant.
Two ambulances, a paramedic in a rapid response vehicle, together with the Midlands Air Ambulance based at Cosford attended the scene.
