A car driver who had to be cut free has received specialist trauma care at the scene of a collision with a lorry before being taken to one of the region’s major trauma centres

West Midlands Ambulance Service was called to the collision on the A41, near to the junction with the B5065 in Sandford, Whitchurch at 10.07pm last night and send one ambulance, a paramedic officer and a MERIT trauma doctor to the scene. A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: “We arrived at the scene to find the car driver, a man, seriously injured and trapped inside his car. “Crews worked closely with colleagues from the fire service to free the man, before he received specialist trauma care at the scene before being taken to Royal Stoke University Hospital. “The lorry driver was assessed and discharged at the scene.”