Tractor and car crash on busy A442 near Telford - paramedics and firefighters on the scene

A car collided with a tractor on a busy road near Telford today, with paramedics and firefighters called to the scene.

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FILE PICTURE - Stock picture of a West Midlands Ambulance responding to an emergency 999 call. A 30-stone man was winched from a flat window by firefighters using specialist equipment so he could be taken to hospital - because he was too fat to carry. See NTI story NTIFAT. West Midlands Fire Service were called by paramedics who attended the property in Rowley Regis, West Mids., at 10.45am on Wednesday (24/9). Ambulance crews had been unable to lift the man to take him for treatment because of his hefty bulk after he collapsed at home. Firefighters then used a hydraulic lift platform to reach the window of the first floor flat, which they then removed using cutting equipment usually reserved for car crashes. The clinically obese patient was lifted to safety onto the crane in an operation lasting over TWO HOURS. A spokeswoman for West Midlands Ambulance Service said they finally managed to take the man to Russells Hall Hospital, in Dudley, at 2.30pm..

The crash happened on the A442 at Brockton. Nobody was trapped in the vehicles when fire crews arrived.

A Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service spokeswoman said: "At 5.27pm on Friday, November 15, SFRS Fire Control received a call reporting that a road traffic collision had taken place in Telford.

"One hatchback vehicle involved in collision with tractor. No persons trapped. Crews made vehicle safe."

Two fire engines were sent to the scene from Telford Central.

West Midlands Ambulance Service has been contacted for an update.