A WOMAN is lucky to be alive after the car she was travelling in toppled down an embankment, crashed through a fence and ended up in a stream.
Emergency services were called to the scene between junctions 2 and 3 of the M50 between Bromsberrow, near Ledbury, and Upton Bishop, just after 5pm yesterday evening (Tuesday, July 25).
West Midlands Ambulance Service assessed a woman in her 20s, who suffered shoulder, chest and neck injuries before being taken to Hereford County Hospital.
A spokesman for the service said the patient was a 'very lucky lady.'
Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service crews from Ledbury and Ross-on-Wye were called to the scene.
Tweeting from HWFireControl, a spokesman said: "One car down embankment and in stream on its side, one female self-rescued."
The crash caused delays on M50 westbound between junctions 2 and 3. The hard shoulder and lane one were closed until about 8.15pm.
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