M5 crash: Woman taken to hospital after smash partially shuts motorway
A woman was taken to hospital after a crash involving a car and lorry on the M5 which partially shut the motorway.
The front of the car was wrecked in the smash which took emergency services and highways crews more than two hours to clear.
The crash happened northbound between junction three for Halesowen and two for Oldbury at around 10.21am.
Emergency services were forced to shut all three lanes northbound in the aftermath of the collision.
Fire crews from Oldbury, Haden Cross and Woodgate Valley fire stations arrived at the scene alongside police and paramedics.
A woman, aged in her 20s, was treated at the scene for head and hand injuries.
She was taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital, in Birmingham, for further treatment.
West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman Murray McGregor said: "The woman suffered minor injures."
Queues of traffic formed immediately following the crash leading back towards junction three and four for Lydiate Ash, near Bromsgrove.
Oldbury fire crews tweeted pictures showing the damage to the car following the crash.
The front end of the car has ripped off by the force of the impact with the bonnet bent upwards towards the windscreen.
Highways England officials worked with police to first reopen one land to traffic.
All three lanes would later be reopened after the wreckage was moved to hard shoulder.
It took until after 12.45pm for traffic queues to being to ease past the crash scene.
