A MAN has had to be cut out of a van by Shropshire firefighters after a crash on the A41 at Prees, police have confirmed. 

Reports of people trapped in vehicles after a road traffic collision in Prees prompted emergency services to be called out.

Three Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) crews from Whitchurch, Market Drayton and Wellington were sent to the A41’s junction with the B5065 shortly before 12.10pm.

A SFRS spokesman said that a rescue tender was also sent to the scene, alongside an operations officer, ambulance and police.

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However, a spokesman for West Mercia Police confirmed that emergency services remain at the scene and that the road is closed.

They said: "Emergency services are currently at the scene of a single-vehicle collision on the A41 close to the junction with the B5065 near Sandford.

"The collision was reported at around 12.15pm and involved a van.

"A man was cut from the vehicle but was uninjured. The road remains closed whilst the van is recovered."

A spokesman for West Midlands Ambulance Service added: "We were called to reports of an RTC at the junction of the A41 and B5065 near Sandford, Whitchurch just after 12pm.

"An ambulance and paramedic officer were sent to the scene where, on arrival, crews found a van had come off the road and ended up on its side.

"The driver, a man, was assessed by ambulance staff but did not require hospital treatment and so was given self-care advice and discharged at the scene."