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Car flips on steep road in Ironbridge in icy conditions - driver escapes serious injury

A driver has escaped serious injury after his car flipped and landed on its roof on a steep road in Ironbridge.

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The Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service received a call at 6.33am today (Wednesday) reporting the incident on Lincoln Hill in Ironbridge.

Two fire crews were sent from Telford Central Fire Station to the scene.

Land ambulance crews and West Mercia Police also attended the incident, which involved one car that had come to rest on its roof. Police closed the road after the crash.

The car that has come down the very steep Lincoln Hill in Ironbridge and ended up on its roof.
The car ended up on its roof in Lincoln Hill

Fire crews discovered there to be nobody trapped in the vehicle and assisted police and ambulance staff.

The car came to rest on its roof
The car came to rest on its roof

A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesperson said: "We were called to reports of an overturned car at the junction of Lincoln Hill and Severn Terrace, Ironbridge, Telford at 6.18am this morning.

The car that ended up on its roof.
The car that ended up on its roof.

"An ambulance attended and assessed the car driver, a man, who declined further hospital treatment. He was discharged on scene."

Lincoln Hill in Ironbridge was closed by Police.
Lincoln Hill in Ironbridge was closed by Police.

A West Mercia Police statement added: "We were called to a single-vehicle collision on Lincoln Hill in Ironbridge at 6.25am this morning. Nobody was seriously injured and no arrests were made."

Crashes have been reported around Shropshire as motorists face another day of snow disruption.

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