Pictures: EIGHT casualties after crash involving coach on A41 in Shropshire
There have been eight casualties after a crash involving a coach on the A41 near Weston Park.
The crash involved a coach, a van and four cars, and two people have been taken to hospital, but police say there are no reports of any serious injuries.
There were no passengers on the coach.
It happened at 2.48pm this afternoon on the A41 at Gorsey Bank.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: "One of the patients, a woman in her 40s, had to be cut free from her car with the help of the fire service as a result of the damage caused in the collision.
"She was assessed by ambulance crews and treated for back pain, given pain relief and immobilised before being taken to Royal Shrewsbury Hospital by land ambulance.
"The driver of the van, a man believed to be in his 20s, was treated for minor chest and head injuries and also taken to Royal Shrewsbury Hospital.
"The third patient, a man believed to be in his 40s, was from a second car and treated for knee pain before being discharged on scene.
"Everyone else was uninjured in the incident including the driver of the coach who was the sole occupant on his vehicle."
Road closures were in place in the area including at the King Street junction with Chatwell Lane on the A41, junction 5 with the A5, the island at the A41 for the A518 and the A518 island for Chetwynd Aston. The road was blocked at the Aldi roundabout, Newport.
The A41 was likely to remain closed into Wednesday night.
