Air ambulance called as two people injured in crash next to M6 junction
Two people have been taken to hospital after a crash at a busy junction next to the M6 in the Black Country.
An air ambulance landed in Pleck Park after emergency services were called to a report of a single-car crash next to Junction 9 of the motorway on Tuesday afternoon.
Police officers and firefighters were also sent to the scene and a man and a woman were treated at the scene before being taken to hospital for further checks. The extent of their injuries has not yet been confirmed.
There was heavy traffic in the area after the crash happened at around 3.15pm, while the junction for the motorway has been left damaged.
Members of a local Facebook group urged people to avoid the area if possible.
A spokeswoman for West Midlands Ambulance Service said: "We were called by the police at 3.15pm to Wood Green Road near Junction 9 of the M6, Wednesbury to reports of a single-car RTC.
"An ambulance, critical care paramedic, paramedic officer and the Midlands Air Ambulance from Cosford attended.
"Crews treated two occupants, a man and a woman, who had both suffered injuries in the collision.
"Both patients were conveyed hospital for further checks."
