A collision involving a van, two cars and a caravan has left four people injured with one requiring conveyance by air ambulance to a major trauma centre.
West Midlands Ambulance Service was called to Stokesay Bridge, between Cravens Arms and Onibury, Shropshire at 9.20am this morning (Monday 17th March). Two ambulances, a paramedic officer, the Midlands Air Ambulance Charity from Cosford and a second Midlands Air Ambulance Charity helicopter from Tatenhill responded to the scene.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: “Crews arrived to find a van which had collided with a car towing a caravan. Four occupants required assessment by ambulance staff.
“The driver of one car, a woman, sustained serious injuries and received trauma care by the team of ambulance staff on scene before being airlifted to Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham for further specialist care.
“The drIver and passenger from the second car, a man and woman, were given treatment on scene for non-serious injuries before being conveyed to Royal Shrewsbury hospital.
“The van driver, a man, suffered minor injuries and was discharged on scene.”
Midlands Air Ambulance Charity is an independent healthcare provider. We work in close partnership with NHS Ambulance Services, including West Midlands Ambulance Service and South Western Ambulance Service, to deliver advanced pre-hospital emergency care across the six counties we serve, as well as supporting national responses during major incidents. We are dispatched to cases of the highest severity, where our Critical Care Paramedics and HEMS Doctors – deployed by helicopter or critical care car – work alongside NHS ambulance crews at the scene. Together, we provide specialist interventions, bringing hospital-level emergency medicine directly to incidents in our communities and workplaces when it is needed most.
