Oswestry driver airlifted following M6 collision
Police are appealing for witnesses to a collision on the M6 in which an Oswestry woman was seriously injured yesterday afternoon.
Emergency services were called to the southbound carriageway near to junction 4a, at the link with the M42, at around 2:25pm.
The three vehicle collision involved a 38-tonne lorry, a white Vauxhall Combo van and a silver horsebox.
A 40-year-old woman from Oswestry, who was the driver of the horsebox and a 49-year-old man from Willenhall, Walsall, who was the driver of the van were airlifted to hospital with serious injuries.
Both remain in a serious condition in hospital this morning.
The horsebox had been carrying three horses at the time of the collision. One suffered fatal injuries and the other two were tended to by a vet at the scene.
Officers are appealing for any witnesses to the collision to contact them.
In particular they are keen to hear from anyone who saw the Vauxhall Combo van and horsebox prior to the collision.
Following the collision the M6 was closed for a number of hours. The northbound carriageway of the motorway was re-opened at approximately 8.30pm while the southbound carriageway re-opened at around 11.40pm.
