Woman taken to hospital after car overturns near Shrewsbury
A woman was taken to hospital this afternoon after the car she was driving left the road and overturned near Shrewsbury.
The incident happened on the A458 at Cross Houses just before 2pm.
A passing doctor spotted the vehicle upside down in a hedge and stopped stopped to help.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: “The woman who is in her sixties was freed with the help of the fire service. She had cuts, grazes and back pain.
“She was treated at the scene, which included the administering of pain relief, and was taken by ambulance to Royal Shrewsbury Hospital.”
Four fire appliances including the Rescue Tender were mobilised from Baschurch, Shrewsbury and Wellington and an Operations officer was in attendance.
Police officers closed the road following the collision.
*This article has been updated, we initially understood the woman had been airlifted to hospital. Whilst the Midlands Air Ambulance from Cosford attended the patient was taken to hospital via land ambulance.
An accident in #CrossHouses on the A458 has closed the road between the A5 at #Shrewsbury & the B4380 at #Cressage . https://twitter.com/thetomstokes/status/606819380438175744
