A FEMALE driver with a serious foot injury was airlifted to hospital and a male driver taken by land ambulance following a head-on collision between two cars near the junction of the A4103 and Claphill Lane, near Rushwick.

Two fire and rescue crews from Worcester and one specialist crew from Droitwich with ultra heavy rescue equipment was sent to the scene at 1.38pm on Sunday January 17. Both drivers, the sole occupants of each car, were trapped and had to be released using specialist cutting equipment.

One was released within 30 minutes and the other within the hour.

The road was closed while the rescue operation was conducted.

Fire and rescue services left the scene at around 3.10pm.

Station commander at Hereford and Worcester Fire Service HQ said: "This was a serious incident which required fast and dynamic team work from all services involved. Fire crews worked extremely well with both police and air and land ambulance services to quickly rescue both drivers."

A spokesman for West Midlands Ambulance Serivce said: “On arrival (to the collision scene) crews discovered two cars that had suffered significant front end damage in the collision.

“A group of A&E consultants from Leicester Royal Infirmary were already on scene prior to the arrival of crews and assisted throughout with the treatment of patients.

“A woman believed to be in her 50s had to be cut free through the roof of her car with the help of the fire service.

“She was treated by ambulance crews at the scene for a serious foot injury, immobilised with the use of a scoop stretcher and given pain relief before being airlifted to Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham.

“From the second car, a 19-year-old man was assisted out of the vehicle by medics. He was treated for a leg injury and suspected pelvic injury, immobilised and taken to Worcester Royal Hospital by land ambulance.”