30275

RTC HGV

Solution Road
Wem

Station ground: Wem

Thursday, 22 January, 2015 07:22

At 07:22 on Thursday, 22 January, 2015, SFRS Fire Control received a call reporting that a Road Traffic Collision had taken place in Wem.

4 fire appliances including the Rescue Tender were mobilised from Prees, Wellington and Wem. An Operations officer was in attendance.

Crews used the following equipment to deal with the incident:

Also at the scene of the incident were: a doctor and the Land Ambulance Service .

RTC involving one Artic lorry and one long wheeled base van, one male trapped in Artic lorry and 1 male trapped in van. Fire Service crews released each casualty using specialist holmatro cutting equipment from Wellingtons Rescue Tender. Both casualties were attended to by Ambulance Personnel.

The stop message was received at Thu, 01/22/2015 - 08:42

Never drink and drive - book a taxi or stay the night. It's illegal to use a mobile phone while driving and you could be fined and get points on your licence if you break this law. Take regular breaks whilst driving so you don't become over tired. The tragedy of fatigue is that you may drift in and out of sleep without knowing it.

Issued by Fire Control at Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service. Telephone 01743 260290. Please check out our Twitter and Facebook accounts for other announcements.