EMERGENCY services have been at the scene of a collision near Cradley today.

Police were called to the A4103 at Ridgeway Cross at around 11.30am to reports of a collision between two cars.

A rapid response vehicle was sent to the scene where there were two walking wounded.

Both were treated at the scene and did not require hospital admission.

However on Friday evening, a man believed to be in his 40s was taken to Hereford County Hospital following a collision on the same road.

The patient was released from his car by Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service after it left the road at Fromes Hill.

West Midlands Ambulance Service treated him for shoulder and chest injuries at the scene and gave him pain relief before transferring the patient to hospital in a land ambulance.

West Mercia Police said his injuries are not thought to be life threatening.