Two children airlifted to hospital after Telford crash
A boy and a girl have been airlifted to hospital after a crash between a car and a van in Telford.
Three adults were also taken to hospital by ambulance after the crash on the A4169 in Dawley Hamlets, Telford, at 12.30pm on Wednesday.
Two of the injured adults and both the children were in the car when the crash happened.
West Midlands Ambulance Service sent four ambulances, a paramedic officer, the Midlands Air Ambulance from Strensham and the Welsh Air Ambulance to the scene.
A spokesman for the ambulance service said: “On arrival, crews discovered five patients and the two vehicles which had both suffered significant front-end damage in the collision.
“There were two children amongst the injured, a young boy and a young girl.
“The girl was treated for abdominal and shoulder injuries, immobilised and given pain relief before being airlifted to Birmingham Children’s Hospital.
“The boy had suffered chest and shoulder injuries, was also immobilised and given pain relief before being flown to the same hospital.
“From the same car, a man in his 40s, was treated for head, chest and leg injuries, whilst a woman in her 30s suffered facial, arm and leg injuries.
"They were both given pain relief and taken to Royal Shrewsbury Hospital.
“The driver of the van, a man in his 40s, was treated for minor hand and abdominal injuries and taken to Royal Shrewsbury Hospital as a precaution.”
