Man in critical condition after four car crash in Shrewsbury

The collision took place on the A49 near the Sundorne island in Shrewsbury at approximately 5.35pm on Monday evening.

A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: “The first car had suffered very significant damage. The driver, a 28-year-old man, had suffered serious multiple injuries and was trapped.

“Ambulance staff worked with firefighters to rapidly extricate him from the wreckage. The doctor from the air ambulance anaesthetised him at scene before travelling with him on a land ambulance to the major trauma centre at the Royal Stoke University Hospital. On arrival, his condition was described as critical.

“There were a man and a woman in the second car, which had front end damage. The woman had a fractured wrist, while the man had back pain. Both were treated at the scene by ambulance staff before being taken to Royal Shrewsbury Hospital.

“Two women in the third car, which had suffered rear end damage, were assessed at the scene before being discharged.”

The vehicles involved in the collision include a Silver Kia Cee’d, a Silver Vauxhall Vectra, a Silver Toyota Auris and a Blue Mercedes C220.

Anyone who may have seen the collision or has any further information is asked to contact police on the non-emergency number 101 quoting the incident reference 558s of 15 December.