Two injured as tractor and car collide near Oswestry
Two people were injured after a car clipped a tractor and ended up in a hedge near Oswestry yesterday.
The incident happened on the road running parallel to the Shropshire Union Canal between Queens Head and Rednal at just after 4pm on Tuesday.
It involved a red tractor and a black Vauxhall Corsa.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: “When ambulance crews arrived they found a car which had reportedly clipped a tractor before it left the road and overturned into a hedge. The occupants of the car, both men in their 30s, were already out of the vehicle.
“As the men were Bulgarian and didn’t understand English, ambulance staff used their initiative by communicating with them through an online translation tool to carry out a full assessment. The driver sustained head and chest injuries and was given pain relief to help ease his discomfort before being taken by land ambulance on blue lights to Royal Stoke University Hospital for further trauma care.
“The passenger suffered relatively minor injuries with a cut to his head and pain in his foot and hand. He was taken to Royal Shrewsbury Hospital.
“The tractor driver, who made the 999 call, was assessed but uninjured.”
Police officers investigating the incident would like to hear from anyone who witnessed it or saw the vehicles, and the manner in which they were being driven, before the collision occurred.
They are also keen to speak to the driver of a blue Renault Megane, which was seen in the area at the time of the incident.
Anyone with information is asked to contact West Mercia Police on 101 quoting incident 055S of November 22.
