Fatal collision closes A49 near Preston Brockhurst
A man has died and four others taken to hospital following a road traffic collision on the A49 north of Shrewsbury.
The collision involving a car and an ambulance occured on the A49 between Morton Corbett and Preston Brockhurst, shortly before 2pm.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said:
“Despite the best efforts of ambulance staff, the driver of the car was confirmed dead at the scene.
“A female passenger was trapped in the car and had to be extricated. The woman in her twenties received serious head and chest injuries. She was anaesthetised by a doctor at the scene before being airlifted to the University Hospital of North Staffordshire. The hospital was pre alerted to her condition.
“At the time of the collision, the ambulance was taking a female patient injured in an earlier road traffic incident to Royal Shrewsbury Hospital. The ambulance was not travelling on an emergency at the time of the incident.
“The female driver of the ambulance, an emergency care assistant, was trapped for nearly two hours. She received head, pelvis and leg injuries. After her release the patient was anaesthetised by a doctor and airlifted to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham.
“A female paramedic travelling with the patient in the back of the ambulance was treated for a wrist injury and was taken to Royal Shrewsbury Hospital for further assessment and treatment.”
Police, Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service, three ambulances, two officers, a paramedic in a rapid response vehicle and the Midlands Air Ambulance from Cosford together with the Warwickshire and Northants Air Ambulance were dispatched to the scene.
