Man airlifted to hospital after M54 crash
A man had to be airlifted to hospital after the car he was in collided with a lorry on the M54 this morning.
West Midlands Ambulance Service was called to the eastbound carriageway between junctions 3 and 2 shortly after 9.45am today.
Two rapid response vehicles, one driven by a paramedic area support officer, attended along with a land ambulance crew and the Midlands Air Ambulance from Cosford.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: “The car driver, a man in his fifties, had a head injury, a broken right arm and a collapsed lung.
“He was anaesthetised at the scene, his chest decompressed and was immobilised with the use of a spinal board and neck collar and was flown to Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham. The Hospital had been put on alert in anticipation of his arrival.
It is the second accident in Shropshire on Wednesday morning that needed the attendance of an air ambulance after a lorry and car collided on the A5 at the Shotatton crossroads.
Read more here: http://www.shropshirelive.com/2012/05/02/a5-crash-at-shotatton-crossroads-causes-delays/
