M5 crash: Man cut free from car which hit tree in smash leaving long delays
A man had to be cut free from his car after it left the road and hit a tree in a smash with a lorry on the M5.
Long queues built up on the motorways and surrounding roads this morning as emergency crews worked to help the man in the aftermath.
The crash happened on the southbound slip road of the M5, near to the M6 link, in Great Barr, shortly after 7.50am.
A man, aged in his 30s, and a young boy had been inside the car.
Emergency services worked to cut the roof from the car to help release the man.
He was taken to Sandwell Hospital for further treatment.
The boy and the lorry driver were uninjured.
West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman, Jamie Arrowsmith, said: "Crews arrived to find a car that had suffered significant damage after leaving the motorway and crashing into a tree."
He added: "Thankfully he appears to have escaped serious injury in the collision but was treated for back pain and cuts to his head."
The accident was not the only one leading to delays on the motorways. Long queues happened on the M6 after a crash this morning between Wolverhampton and Wednesbury.
