Drivers suffer injuries after crash on busy A458 at Bridgnorth

The collision happened on the A458 this evening. Two fire engines were sent to the scene from Bridgnorth and Much Wenlock, as well as paramedics. The drivers of the cars had freed themselves before firefighters and paramedics got there.

A Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service spokesman said: "At 5.07pm on Wednesday, May 15, SFRS Fire Control received a call reporting that a road traffic collision had taken place in Bridgnorth.

"Two vehicles involved. All persons self-extricated prior to fire service arrival."

An Operations officer was in attendance.

A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: "We were called to reports of a two-car RTC on the A458 at 5.03pm, three ambulances and a specialist paramedic attended the scene. On arrival we discovered two patients, a man and a woman, who were the drivers of the two cars. They were treated for injuries not believed to be serious before both being taken to Royal Shrewsbury Hospital."