Car collides with building causing gas leak in Oswestry
An Oswestry street was sealed off to the public this morning after a car left the road and hit a building causing a gas main to fracture.
The incident happened on Church Street in Oswestry town centre at around 8.30am.
A cordon was set up following the collision.
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service crews from Oswestry used monitoring equipment to check the levels of gas escaping.
The female driver of the car was treated by West Midlands Ambulance Service.
Gas engineers were called to deal with the fractured gas main.
West Mercia Police were also at the scene.
Broken gas main church Street #Oswestry closed to public. Please stay away from area. pic.twitter.com/rE7P5emWwp https://twitter.com/OsCops/status/573407943548387328
Update... Church Street #oswestry to festival square still closed to traffic. Surrounding roads now open. Thank you for your patience. https://twitter.com/OsCops/status/573432499566723072
