Car crashes into building on Royal Shrewsbury Hospital estate
Emergency services were called to Royal Shrewsbury Hospital after a car crashed into a building within its estate causing damage to a building.
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Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) received a call at 9.22pm last night (Friday, September 27) reporting the road traffic collision on Mytton Oak Road where the county town's major hospital is situated.
Four fire crews including the rescue tender were sent from Shrewsbury and Wellington Fire Stations to the scene. An operations officer also attended.
Police were present at the incident which was "left with hospital estates", according to the SFRS incident log.
The hospital has stated that the car hit the Hummingbird centre causing 'slight damage'.
Crews discovered one car that had crashed into a building within the hospital estate. Firefighters used a winch from the rescue tender to move the vehicle from the side of the building.
The incident log states: "Incident involved one car into building. Fire crews used winch from Rescue Tender to move vehicle from side of building. Police in attendance. Incident left with hospital estates."
Fire crews were finished at the scene at 10.29pm.
A spokesperson for The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, which runs Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, said: “We can confirm that the Hummingbird Centre on the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital site was slightly damaged in the incident, which has since been made safe. No staff or patients were affected, and patient appointments are continuing as normal.”
