The shifnal clash leaves one dead and three seriously injured

A man has died and three others were seriously injured in an accident in Shropshire.

The emergency services were called to Offoxey Road in Tong, near Shifnal, after the single vehicle accident, shortly after 23:00 GMT on Friday.

The spectators were taking care of a man before the paramedics took over, but then he was declared dead on the scene, said the West Midlands ambulance service.

The other three men suffered injuries that threaten life in the accident, and two are being treated at the Royal Stoke University Hospital, while the third was taken to the Queen Elizabeth hospital in Birmingham.