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Car with five people inside in late-night M54 crash

One car with five people inside crashed on the M54 westbound in an overnight incident but no-one needed hospital treatment.

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Three fire engines, ambulance crews and West Mercia Police were called to reports of a crash on the stretch between Junctions 2 and 3 at Albrighton at 10.20pm.

A spokesperson from West Midlands Ambulance Service said; "We were called at 10.16pm to reports of a road traffic collision on the M54 between junctions 2 and 3.

"An ambulance and two paramedic officers attended. Five patients were assessed but thankfully no one required hospital treatment and all were discharged on scene."

Fire engines, a rescue tender and an operations officer from stations at Albrighton, Shrewsbury, Telford Central and Wellington responded to the emergency call.

The fire crews found a crash involving a single vehicle with five occupants, but nobody trapped and crews made the vehicle electrically safe. The fire service stop message was received by fire control at 10.55pm.

A spokesperson for West Mercia Police said the road was cleared at 12.15am.