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Woman taken to hospital after car crashes into Kidderminster house

A woman has been taken to hospital after a car crashed into a house in Kidderminster.

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The car crashed into a house in Weir Crescent. Photo: @HWFireNCluster

Emergency services were called to Weir Crescent shortly after 6pm on Thursday after the car hit the house.

The female driver was rescued from the car by firefighters, before being taken to Worcestershire Royal Hospital with injuries not believed to be serious.

A spokesman for West Midlands Ambulance Service said: "We were called to reports of a car that had crashed into a house on Weir Crescent, Kidderminster, at 6.13pm, on Thursday night. One ambulance and a paramedic officer attended the scene.

"On arrival we discovered one patient, a woman, who was the driver of the car. She was treated for injuries not believed to be serious before being taken to Worcester Royal Hospital for further assessment."

A West Mercia Police spokesman said: "We were alerted by the ambulance service shortly after 6.15pm on Thursday after a car had collided with a house in Weir Crescent, in Kidderminster.

"The driver of the vehicle was taken to hospital but thankfully her injuries are not believed to be serious. No arrests have been made."

A spokesman for Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service added: "We received a call at 6.14pm on Thursday reporting an road traffic collision into a building on Weir Crescent in Kidderminster. Police and the ambulance service were also in attendance.

"On arrival fire service personnel (FSP) found a car that had collided into the bay window of a property. One female was trapped in car and extricated by FSP and left in care of the ambulance service. The fire service then made property secure and stable."

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