Three arrested after several injured in collision in Shrewsbury

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The collision happened on Whitchurch Road in Shrewsbury on Saturday evening

Three men have been arrested after a collision involving three cars where one vehicle was thought to have been driving on the wrong side of the road.

The crash happened on Whitchurch Road, Shrewsbury, at about 19:40 GMT on Saturday and involved a blue BMW 120, white Vauxhall Corsa and a blue BMW.

Five occupants of one of vehicles allegedly ran off from the scene.

Four people were seriously hurt, with the Corsa driver sustaining a potential life-threatening spinal injury.

The male driver of the Corsa was taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, West Mercia Police said.

Three others - two men aged 63 and 64, and a woman aged 44 - were were taken to the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital with serious injuries.

The three men were arrested on suspicion of causing injury by dangerous driving.

Anyone with information or dashcam footage is asked to contact the force.

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