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Woman seriously injured in head-on crash with lorry on A49

A woman was seriously injured in a head-on crash with a lorry on a major Shropshire road.

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It happened on the A49, near Onibury, in south Shropshire, at around 4.30pm on Thursday.

West Mercia Police said the crash involved a white Hyundai and a lorry and that a female passenger in the Hyundai had suffered "serious injuries".

She was taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham for treatment.

Police said no-one else was injured in the crash.

A spokesman for West Midlands Ambulance Service said: "We were called at 4.36pm to the A49, Onibury, to reports of a collision involving a car and a HGV.

"An ambulance and paramedic officer attended and assessed two female occupants in the car. The driver suffered non-serious injuries and was discharged on scene.

"The passenger sustained potentially serious injuries and was given treatment on scene before being conveyed to Queen Elizabeth Hospital for further checks."

Anyone who saw the collision or captured it on dash cam is asked to contact officers at westmercia.police.uk/contact/af/contact-us/ or call 101, quoting incident 375 of November 3.

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