A SHOCKED grandmother has described the moment she discovered her friends were in a car that flipped onto its roof during a horrific crash.
The car clipped a parked car, flipping onto its roof during the dramatic crash in Winchcombe Road, off Blackpole Road, Worcester this afternoon.
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The fire service said four people were hurt in the crash at 12.10pm, three of whom had to be taken to hospital by ambulance.
A spokesperson for the West Midlands Ambulance Service said the elderly man driving suffered potentially serious injuries and was taken to the major trauma centre at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham.
Angela Tippon of Hanover Close lives in a flat overlooking the scene of the crash.
The 68-year-old said: "I heard a big bang. I thought one of the kids had pulled the cupboards down or something.
"I was in the kitchen and my grandson Harvey shouted me. He said: 'Nan, the car has just flipped over!" I ran out."
Mrs Tippon, a former nurse, discovered the people in the flipped car were friends of hers, an elderly couple who live nearby whom she called David and Yvonne.
Mrs Tippon said she brought down a wet cloth for her friend, who suffers from arthritis, while she was extracted from the car by fire crews.
The family described 'blood inside the car and over the airbag' and said the car, which the couple had only had about a month, was 'wrecked'.
"I didn't panic. I just felt terrible for David and Yvonne," she said.
She said she believed David, who was driving, is 80 years old.
She said a young workman, who had been working nearby, was inside the parked Audi at the time it was struck. At one stage, she said he was lying on the ground being tended to.
Mrs Tippon said Yvonne had to be removed from the back of the car by firefighters and both airbags were activated by the impact.
"They're a really nice couple, really lovely. We all wish them a good recovery. Her husband was bleeding. He had quite a few cuts. I could see he had cuts and bruises really badly on his arms and legs. He was quite shaken up," she said.
She said he was given a chair but his main and immediate concern was the welfare of his wife who was still in the car.
"He was asking if Yvonne was okay," she said.
They could not get the car keys out at first and at one point everyone was told to move away because petrol was leaking out over the road.
Her grandson Harvey Davis, 10, said: "I saw the car go down and hit one of the cars. He flipped over. I heard a massive bang."
His sister, Alicia Davis, eight, also heard the bang. "I was scared," she said.
A spokesperson for Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service confirmed two Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service crews from Worcester Fire Station were called at 12.10pm.
He added: "The incident involved four vehicles, one of which was on its roof. There were four casualties, one of which had self-extricated before the arrival of the fire service, another female casualty was medically trapped and was extricated from her vehicle by fire service personnel.
"Three casualties were handed over to the ambulance service who attended along with the police. The car which was on its roof was righted and removed from the highway."
A spokesperson for the West Midlands Ambulance Service said: "Three people have been taken to hospital after a collision between a car and a stationary car which resulted in the car rolling over.
"Three ambulances and a paramedic officer were sent to the scene. The car that rolled over had a man and a woman in it who were both elderly.
"The man driving suffered potentially serious injuries and was taken to the major trauma centre at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham.
"The woman was helped from the car by firefighters due to her medical condition. After assessment and treatment, she was taken to Worcestershire Royal Hospital.
"The man who was in the stationary car was also assessed and treated at the scene and was taken to the Alexandra Hospital in Redditch."
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