Elena Lewis – Thursday 22nd May – 3.40pm
A man has been air lifted to hospital, a woman has been taken to hospital by land ambulance and 15 others have been assessed following a collision between a train and a trailer just north of Leominster, this morning.
We were called to a collision between a train and a trailer near Nordan Farm at 10.46am and sent two ambulances, five paramedic officers, our Hazardous Area Response Team and the Midlands Air Ambulance from Strensham to the scene.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: “On arrival crews found a man who was a passenger on the train, they treated him for non-life threatening injuries before conveying him by air ambulance to Hereford County Hospital.
“A woman, was also treated for injuries not believed to be serious and conveyed by land ambulance to Hereford County Hospital.
“15 further patients who were passengers on the train were assessed, and all were discharged at the scene.
“Nobody from the trailer required assessment.”