A WOMAN was cut free from a car today (Sunday, November 30) after being trapped for an hour and a half following an accident in Bewdley.

An accident, which involved two cars, occurred on the A456 in Ribbesford near to the junction at Heightington Road, at around 6pm this evening.

Fire crews from Bewdley and Kidderminster and West Midlands Ambulance Service were called to the scene.

Emergency services worked for around an hour and a half to get the woman out of the car she was trapped in. She suffered a number of injuries and was given emergency medical treatment at the scene before being rushed to hospital.

A man in a second car was also treated at the scene for facial injuries before being taken to hospital.

A spokeswoman for West Midlands Ambulance Service, said: “Crews were called to reports of a two car road traffic collision.

“On arrival at the scene crews found a man, believed to be the driver of one of the vehicles out of his car and a woman of a second car who was trapped in her vehicle.

“The man was treated at the scene for facial injuries. He was immobilised and conveyed to a specialist unit at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham for further assessment and treatment.

“Emergency services worked closely together for approximately an hour and a half to safely extricate the woman from her vehicle. The woman was treated for leg, pelvic and spinal injuries. She was given pain relief and fully immobilised at the scene.

“The woman was conveyed to the major trauma centre at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham. The hospital was pre-alerted and medics were on standby.

“The trauma doctor travelled on board the ambulance continuing to provide emergency medical treatment to the woman whilst en route to hospital.”

Police closed the road as a result of the accident and it was still shut at around 10pm this evening.