Firefighters had to cut the roof off a vehicle to rescue an injured person trapped inside following a head-on collision near the Powys border.

Emergency services responded following reports of a two-vehicle crash on the A458 at Rowton, between Middletown and Shrewsbury shortly before 6pm on Thursday, November 28.

Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service said crews from Shrewsbury used cutters and spreaders to "create space and remove the roof of the vehicle for the extrication of a casualty who was medically trapped".

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Paramedics and police officers were also at the scene of the collision, while the road was closed for the vehicles to be recovered.

There was praise on social media for those who helped to stop and divert traffic following the collision on Thursday evening.

Marie Jones posted on Facebook: "Well done to the people that had stopped and were diverting the traffic just after the RTC by Rowton Castle. You were doing an amazing job till the emergency services could get on scene."

The condition of the injured person trapped in the vehicle has not yet been disclosed.