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Seriously injured motorcyclist rescued from brook after crashing into a bridge in Bridgnorth

Rescue crews used a trauma pack and ropes to get a motorbike rider out of a brook after they hit a road bridge.

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One fire appliance was sent from Telford Central to outside Bridgnorth Lodge, on the B4363 outside of Bridgnorth, at 11.49am on Friday.

A spokesperson for the Shropshire Fire & Rescue Service said the incident involved one motorbike in collision with a road bridge.

"Crews used a trauma pack and general purpose lines to rescue the rider of the motorbike from the brook."

Crews from West Midlands Ambulance Service and West Mercia Police were also at the scene.

The fire crew sent their stop message at 12.55pm.

A spokesperson for West Mercia Police said: "We received a call around 11.45am this morning with a report of a road traffic collision on the B4363 at the Rays bridge junction.

"Officers arrived to find a motorbike had left the carriageway and gone into a brook.

"The motorcyclist has been taken to hospital."

A spokesperson for the West Midlands Ambulance Service said: "We were called to reports of a motorbike that had crashed into a bridge on the B4363 at 11.37am, one ambulance attended the scene.

"On arrival we discovered one patient, a man, who was treated for potentially serious injuries before being taken to New Cross Hospital."