Child rushed to hospital after M50 crash leaves car on roof
A child was taken to hospital after being injured in a crash on a motorway near the Gloucestershire-Herefordshire border. The incident happened on the M50[1] at around 5.40pm yesterday (January 1). West Mercia Police said emergency services were called out to the westbound-side of the motorway[2] after receiving reports of a car on its roof near junction three at Gorsley. National Highways[3] tweeted the M50 was shut between junctions two and three while the crash was dealt with. The road reopened at around 7.40pm.
Police said no other vehicles were involved and a child was rushed to hospital with injuries not believed to be serious.
A police spokesperson said: “We were called to a report of a car on its roof on the M50 junction 3 westbound in Gorsley, Herefordshire around 5.40pm yesterday (January 1). “A child was taken to hospital with injuries not believed to be serious.
No other vehicles were involved.”
References
- ^ The incident happened on the M50 (www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk)
- ^ motorway (www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk)
- ^ National Highways (www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk)
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