One patient was airlifted to hospital and two others were taken by land ambulance following a two-car RTC which left both cars alight in Oswestry last night.

West Midlands Ambulance Service was called to the B4064 at 7.25pm and sent two ambulances, a paramedic officer, the Midlands Air Ambulance Critical Care Car and the Midlands Air Ambulance from Staffordshire to the scene.

A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: “On arrival crews discovered two cars that had suffered significant damage and three patients.

“One of whom, a male, was treated for serious injuries, not believed to be life-threatening, before being airlifted to Royal Stoke University Hospital.

“A man and a woman were treated for injuries not believed to be serious before being taken to Royal Shrewsbury Hospital by land ambulance.”