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Man 'seriously injured' in road traffic collision

expressandstar.com 2024/8/22

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The collision took place at the junction of Gibson Road and Handsworth Wood Road, Handsworth, last night, July 14.

West Midlands Ambulance Service was called at 11:06pm to reports of a collision involving a pedestrian and a car. Two paramedic officers, a MERIT trauma team and an ambulance attended the scene.

When arriving, medics found a man in a serious condition and worked to administer trauma care to him before he was conveyed on blue lights to Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham for onward trauma care.

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On its site, it said: "A man has been seriously injured in a road traffic collision in Birmingham last night.

"West Midlands Ambulance Service was called at 11.06pm to the junction of Gibson Road and Handsworth Wood Road, Handsworth to reports of a collision involving a pedestrian and a car. Two paramedic officers, a MERIT trauma team and an ambulance attended the scene."

A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: “Ambulance staff arrived to find a pedestrian, a man, in a serious condition following the collision. The team worked to administer trauma care to the man before he was conveyed on blue lights to Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham for onward trauma care.”

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