Woman and child airlifted after 4X4 crash on A458 near Much Wenlock
A woman and child were airlifted to hospital after a crash involving a car and a 4x4 near Much Wenlock.
The crash took place at about 3.10pm yesterday on the A458 near to The Plume Of Feathers Pub at Harley, between Much Wenlock and Cressage.
An elderly woman in her 80s, who had been travelling in a Volvo estate, suffered life threatening injuries and was flown to Royal Stoke University Hospital.
The Vovlvo driver, also in his 80s, was taken to Royal Shrewsbury Hospital with chest and pelvic injuries.
The young child who had been a passenger in the Audi Q5 suffered head and chest injuries and was flown to Birmingham Children’s Hospital.
The driver, a man in his 30s, was treated for chest injuries that are not thought to be life threatening.
Three ambulances, three paramedic officers and the Midlands Air Ambulances from Cosford and Strensham, both with doctors on board, attended the scene.
West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman Murray MacGregor said: “On arrival, ambulance staff found a car and 4x4 with significant front end damage. There were two people in each vehicle.
“In the car there were an elderly couple. The woman suffered multiple serious injuries. She was anaesthetised at the scene before being airlifted to the major trauma centre at Royal Stoke University Hospital in a critical condition.
“The man had no obvious injuries but due to the nature of the crash was taken by land ambulance to Royal Shrewsbury Hospital as a precaution.
“There was a father and daughter in the 4x4. The young child had suffered head and chest injuries. She was airlifted to Birmingham Children’s Hospital.
“Her father had suffered only minor cuts and bruises and travelled with his daughter in the air ambulance to the paediatric major trauma centre.”
Police urge anyone who witnessed the collision, or anybody who saw the manner in which the vehicles were being driven beforehand, to contact them on 101, quoting incident number is 415s of October 26.
