Overview
- The two-car collision occurred on the A458 in Wollaston, Shropshire, at 12.08 am on June 18 near the English-Welsh border.
- An off-duty nurse discovered the scene and called 999, remaining until West Midlands Ambulance Service units arrived.
- Six occupants—three from each vehicle—were assessed by ambulance crews, with three people sustaining serious injuries.
- One woman passenger was trapped and required careful extrication by fire colleagues before receiving trauma care.
- Emergency crews dispatched four ambulances, two paramedic officers, a local community first responder, a MERIT trauma team and a Midlands Air Ambulance Charity critical care car; casualties were then taken to Royal Shrewsbury and Royal Stoke University hospitals as police shut the A458 for several hours.