Van driver airlifted to hospital after motorway crash
A driver was airlifted to hospital after his van left a motorway and went down an embankment into a bush.
The incident happened on the M42 south of Birmingham, just before junction 3a for the M40, on the northbound carriageway.
Paramedics arrived at the scene following a number of 999 calls just after 8am this morning.
The driver, a 38-year-old man, was trapped in the van by his legs and suffered injuries to his head, left leg and foot as well as possible damage to his pelvis and had neck and back pain.
He was cut free by firefighters and flown to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham.
West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman Murray McGregor said: “On arrival, crews found a panel van that had left the motorway to the nearside, gone down a steep embankment and ended up in shrubs.
"The man was immobilised and assessed at the scene before being airlifted to the major trauma centre at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham.”
