Motorcycle rider suffered 'potentially serious injuries' in crash which closed major road
A motorcyclist suffered what were potentially serious injuries in a crash on a major route, it has been confirmed.
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The incident, which involved a motorcycle and a car, took place near to the service station at Mile End Roundabout in Oswestry at around 1.17pm on Sunday.
Police and the ambulance service attended the incident which closed the road for several hours.
The ambulance service said that the female rider had been treated at the scene before being taken to Royal Shrewsbury Hospital.
A spokesman said: "We were called at 1.17pm on Sunday to Mile End Service Area, Shrewsbury Road, Oswestry, following a collision involving a car and a motorbike.
"One ambulance attended and treated the motorcyclist, a woman, who had sustained potentially serious injuries. She was stabilised on scene before being taken to Royal Shrewsbury Hospital."
West Mercia Police said that no one had been arrested as a result of the incident.
A spokesman said: "We were called to a two-vehicle collision, between a car and a motorbike, near to the Mile End Service Station in Oswestry at around 1.10pm on Sunday afternoon.
"The rider of the motorcycle was taken to hospital to be treated for her injuries. No arrests were made."
The crash came two days after a milk tanker toppled over in a separate incident at the same roundabout.
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The HGV rolled onto its side at around 6pm on Friday, spilling an estimated 24,000 litres - 42,234 pints - across the main road.