Woman has lucky escape after car rolls in Market Drayton crash
A woman had a particularly lucky escape after her car rolled over in a collision near Bletchley.
Fire, police and ambulance crews rushed to the scene of a crash, after receiving the call at around 8:02am on Sunday (February 5).
One fire appliance was mobilised from Market Drayton Station.
On arrival at the scene, the crew found the crash involved a single vehicle that had rolled over, and gone to rest part on the road and part in the roadside verge.
The lone female driver of the car was found to be out of the vehicle and was not physically injured, but was shocked.
A spokesperson for Market Drayton Fire Station said: "At 08:02 hours on Sunday, the rescue pump from Market Drayton was mobilised by fire control, to a report of a single vehicle roll over RTC having occurred, on the Bletchley to Moreton Wood road near Market Drayton.
"On arrival the crew found the RTC involved a single vehicle that had rolled over, and gone to rest part on the road and part in the roadside verge.
"The lone female driver of the car was found to be out of the vehicle, and thankfully not physically injured but was shocked.
"The crew set about making the vehicle electrically safe and provided assistance to officers from West Mercia Police.
"A paramedic officer from West Midlands Ambulance Service also attended the scene.
"The road was closed for a short period of time whilst the emergency services worked at the scene."
Shropshire Fire and Rescue added: "Also at the scene of the incident were: the Land Ambulance Service and the Police."
Fire crews from Market Drayton Station published an image of the vehicle in question, showing the car on its roof.
Somehow the driver had "no serious injuries" and was out of the car when the emergency services arrived.
They made the vehicle electrically safe before declaring the incident over at 8:33am.
The full fire service statement on the incident log said: "At 08:02 on Sunday, 5 February, 2023, SFRS Fire Control received a call reporting that a Road Traffic Collision had taken place in Market Drayton.
"1 fire appliance was mobilised from Market Drayton. Also at the scene of the incident were: the Land Ambulance Service and the Police.
"One vehicle RTC rollover, no persons trapped. Crews made vehicle safe.
The stop message was received at Sun, 02/05/2023 - 08:33".
