A 29-year-old Stratford taxi driver and his two passengers from Bidford-on-Avon were taken to hospital last Friday after the taxi was involved in a collision on the A435 road at Coughton.

All three were taken to the Alexandra Hospital, Redditch, where one of the passengers, a 36-year-old Bidford man, was treated for a broken sternum and the other, a 32-year-old from Bidford, was treated for an abdominal injury.

The taxi driver, who was driving a Seat Toledo, suffered cuts and bruises in the collision, which happened just after 1am.

A 32-year-old man who comes from Erdington, Birmingham, who was driving the other car involved in the collision, a red Ford Orion, was also taken to hospital with a chipped vertebrae in his neck.

Anyone who saw the accident or the red Orion driving along the A46 prior to the collision, is asked to contact PC Julia Davis at the Greys Mallory traffic centre on 01926 415000.

The driver of a Mazda that was also involved in the accident, a 40-year-old man from Redditch, escaped without any injuries.