Woman 'knocked unconscious' then fell in canal

A woman was rescued from a canal in Oswestry after falling from a lock.

It is believed she had fallen approximately ten feet from the side of the lock and knocked herself unconscious before rolling into the water, West Midlands Ambulance Service said.

The incident happened at Frankton Locks on the Shropshire Union Canal shortly after 2pm. The woman, believed to be in her 50s, was rescued by her family before she was airlifted to Royal Stoke University Hospital.

She was treated for a fractured right wrist, cuts to her head and abdominal pain.