Man seriously injured in two car collision near Cressage
A 24-year-old man from Shrewsbury has been taken to a major trauma centre after being trapped in the wreckage of a car for about an hour yesterday evening.
The second car involved had a small fire in it.
The two car crash happened at about 6.30pm on the A458 about half a mile to the north west of Cressage in Shropshire
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: “On arrival, crews found two cars that had suffered massive damage after a collision.
“The trapped man was in the first car. He suffered multiple fractures to his legs, pelvis, left arm and had a head injury. Working with firefighters, ambulance staff very carefully freed him.
“He was assessed at the scene and had splints put in place along with advanced pain relief before being taken on blue lights to the Major Trauma Centre at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham. The trauma doctor travelled with the patient.
“The driver of the second car had managed to get out of his vehicle. It suffered a small fire but a member of the public used a fire extinguisher to put it out.
“The 49-year-old man from Kidderminster, had suffered minor injuries, but due to the level of damage to the vehicles, was taken to Royal Shrewsbury Hospital for precautionary checks.”
Police are appealing for anyone who witnessed the incident or the circumstances leading up to it to come forward by calling 101, quoting incident 573 of 22nd December.
This was the scene from the #A458 Nr Cressage where firefighters worked alongside ambulance crews to free 1 casualty pic.twitter.com/8DoFgqbb8n https://twitter.com/SFRSWellington/status/547160556537671681
