Car overturns on A5 between Shrewsbury and Telford
Emergency services were called to a car which ended up vertical against a hedge on the A5 between Shrewsbury and Telford this morning.
The crash happened on the A5 between Shrewsbury and Telford at Uffington at around 6.25am this morning, Wednesday.
A woman who was ejected from the car has been taken to a major trauma centre.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: “On arrival, the ambulance crew found an off-duty paramedic and an off-duty police officer assisting the woman.
“The car had come to rest against a hedge in a vertical position.
“The 57-year-old woman driving had suffered abrasions to her right arm, pain in chest, abdomen and back and a cut to the back of her head.
“After being assessed at the scene, she was given pain relief, immobilised and taken to the major trauma centre at Royal Stoke University Hospital.”
The A5 was closed between Preston Island and Junction 7 of the M54 eastbound for most of the rush hour.
The road has since fully reopened.
Delays of around an hour were being reported on roads around Shrewsbury.
A5 Preston roundabout to M54 Junc 7 currently closed due to an RTC, please avoid and find alternative routes pic.twitter.com/Hl2lAZUl21 https://twitter.com/OPUShropshire/status/859651402120998912
We have had to close the A5 at Preston roundabout. No access towards Telford. Please use the old road via Atcham. pic.twitter.com/OtUeAY5b7t https://twitter.com/OPUShropshire/status/859655852701167617
We are about to re-open ONE lane in the A5 (Shrewsbury towards Telford). Pls pass with CAUTION, recovery/highways/police may be in the road! pic.twitter.com/sG32XVxfLq https://twitter.com/OPUShropshire/status/859673931070009344
