Driver, 89, airlifted to hospital with head injury after Telford crash
A 89-year-old driver has been airlifted to hospital with a head injury after a crash in Telford.
Two other people were also taken to hospital after the crash on Springhill Road in Dawley this morning at about 9.50am.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: "Upon arrival crews found two cars which had been involved in a serious collision.
"The occupants of one car, an elderly man and woman, were still in the vehicle.
"The driver, an 89-year-old man, sustained a head injury in the collision. Ambulance staff carried out further checks and treated the man's head injury before he was airlifted to Royal Shrewsbury Hospital.
"The passenger, an 83-year-old woman, sustained back and chest pain. She was immobilised before being taken by land ambulance to Princess Royal Hospital.
"The driver of the second car, a man in his 60s, was out of the vehicle when ambulance staff arrived. Upon assessment, he was found with back pain, pain to his side and a large cut to his head. The man was given pain relief to help ease his discomfort whilst ambulance staff worked to dress his wound. The man was then taken by land ambulance to Royal Shrewsbury Hospital for further trauma care."
There were road closures in the area at Heath Hill Roundabout to Springhill Road, the Station Road junction to Springhill Road, Doseley Road South Junction to Springhill Road and the junction at Springhill Road to Finger Road by the traffic lights.
