Horse killed and two people airlifted to hospital in Sherrifhales
Two people have been airlifted to hospital and a horse has died following a collision involving a car, a horse and its rider in Shropshire.
West Midlands Ambulance Service was called to the junction of Kings Street and the A41 in Sherrifhales shortly before 10.20am this morning.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: “The car driver, a man in his twenties, had a head injury and facial injuries. The doctor on board the Midlands Air Ambulance from Cosford anaesthetised him before maintaining his airway and he was flown to the major trauma centre at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham. There was significant damage to the car he had been driving.
“The horse rider, a woman in her thirties had hand, and wrist injuries. She had also briefly been knocked unconscious. She was flown to the University Hospital of North Staffordshire. The horse she had been riding died.”
