THREE people were taken to hospital after a serious crash between a van and a car in Wythall. 

Emergency services were called to the scene in Lea Green Lane, just before 6pm on Thursday, October 27.

Two West Midlands Ambulance Service crews attended the scene. There were two patients in the car and one in the van.

The car driver, a 19-year-old man and the passenger, an 18-year-old woman, were both treated for abdominal pain and taken to the Alexandra Hospital in Redditch.

The van driver, a man in his 40s, was treated for neck pain and cuts to his arm. He was also taken to the hospital.

A Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service crew from Redditch Fire Station was also at the scene.

Tweeting from HWFireControl, a spokesman from the service, said: "HWFireRedditch attended road traffic collision involving one car and one van. Vehicle made safe."