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Two people taken to hospital after two car-crash near Stourbridge

Two people have been taken to hospital after a crash involving two cars near Stourbridge.

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The crash happened at the junction of the A449 and A4101, near Wall Heath. Photo: Google.

West Midlands Ambulance Service was called to the junction of the A449 and A4101, near Wall Heath, just after 9am on Thursday.

Two ambulances and a paramedic officer were sent to the scene.

A woman, who was driving one of the cars, had to be cut free from her vehicle and was treated for serious injuries, while a man in the second car was also injured.

A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: "We were called to reports of a two-car road traffic collision at the junction of the A449 and A4101 at 9.02am and sent two ambulances and a paramedic officer to the scene.

"On arrival we discovered two patients. The driver of one of the cars, a woman, had to be cut free from her vehicle by the fire service.

"She was treated for serious injuries, not believed to be life-threatening, before being taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham.

"The driver of the second car, a man, was treated for injuries not believed to be serious before being taken to Russell’s Hall Hospital for further assessment."

The incident caused traffic queues around a mile long.

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