Seriously injured van driver airlifted to hospital after crash with lorry on A49 in Shrewsbury
A van driver has been airlifted to hospital following a serious crash involving a lorry this morning.
Emergency services were called to the A49 Shrewsbury Road at Battlefield in Shrewsbury at around 7.08am.
An ambulance and a paramedic officer were in attendance, and a Midland Air Ambulance was also called to the scene from RAF Cosford.
Paramedics treated the van driver for serious injuries, and he was flown to the Royal Stoke University Hospital. The lorry driver escaped unharmed.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: “Crews arrived to find the van driver, a man, trapped inside his vehicle following the collision.
“Ambulance staff quickly assessed him and worked closely with the fire service to free him from his vehicle.
“He received treatment at the scene for serious injuries before being carefully moved to the air ambulance, which had landed in a nearby field.
“The man was then flown to Royal Stoke University Hospital for further treatment.
“The lorry driver, also a man, was uninjured in the incident.”
Earlier North Shropshire SNT advised people on Twitter to use an alternative route.
