A WOMAN was anaesthetised before being taken to hospital in Birmingham following a serious crash this morning.

Emergency services were called to the A49 at Dinmore Hill at around 8am.

Police said there was a collision between an Audi A1 and a Vauxhall Zafira, which resulted in the Highways Agency closing the A49 between Dinmore Hill and the A417.

Two ambulances, a paramedic area support officer and the MERIT Trauma doctor were sent to the scene as well as police and fire crews from Hereford and Leominster.

A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said that on arrival, crews found two cars that had both sustained significant damage.

The driver of an Audi, a 19-year-old woman, was in a semi-conscious state.

She was freed from the wreckage with the assistance of the fire service and was immobilised and on assessment she was found to have serious injuries.

The spokesman said: "The doctor anaesthetised her before she was taken on blue lights to the major trauma centre at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham.

“The driver of the other car, a 43-year-old woman, was said to have been unconscious briefly but had come round.

"She was pulled from the wreckage by passers-by who were concerned that the car might be about to go on fire. Fortunately it didn’t."

She was also immobilised and treated for hand, hip and back pain. She was taken to Hereford County Hospital for further assessment.