Woman airlifted to hospital after Telford crash
A woman has been airlifted to hospital after a crash in Telford this morning.
The crash, which involved a single car which rolled onto its roof, happened in Lincoln Hill, Ironbridge, at about 8.15am.
Emergency services, including the Midlands Air Ambulance from Cosford, were called to the scene.
The female driver, who was in her 30s, was taken by air ambulance to Birmingham’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
She had suffered a serious arm injury.
West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman Claire Brown said: “When ambulance staff arrived they found a car which had rolled off a single-track road and landed on its roof.
"The driver and single occupant, a woman in her 30s, had managed to get out of the vehicle and was sitting at the side of the road being cared for by passers-by
“Upon assessment by ambulance staff it was clear that the woman had suffered a serious injury to her lower arm which required immediate treatment.
"Ambulance staff administered pain relief to the woman before carefully dressing and immobilising her arm.
"Once stable, the woman was airlifted to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham for further emergency care.”
A second crash happened just before 8.30am on Wombridge Way, Telford, where three vehicles were involved.
Emergency services were called to the collision, which happened at the junction of Hadley Road in Wombridge.
Paramedics treated one person at the scene for neck pain and they were then taken to Telford’s Princess Royal Hospital.
Police were also at the scene of a crash this afternoon where a car left the carriageway and come to rest in a hedge, in Brunel Way, Dawley, at about midday..
