Sunday 12th May 2013 – 10.30am – Suzie Fothergill.
Two people have been taken to hospital following a serious road traffic collision in Staffordshire yesterday.
West Midlands Ambulance Service was called to the B5013 in Willslock, Uttoxeter shortly before 4.40pm yesterday afternoon.
An ambulance, two rapid response vehicles; one carrying a paramedic area support officer, a community first responder and two Midlands Air Ambulances; one from Staffordshire and one from Cosford were dispatched to the scene.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: “Crews arrived on scene to find two vehicles that had been in a significant collision.
“The driver of the first car, a woman, was treated for serious multiple injuries. Due to the nature of her injuries the woman was given an anaesthetic by the doctor from the air ambulance at the scene.
“The woman was fully immobilised and conveyed to the major trauma centre at University Hospital of North Staffordshire where medics had been alerted and were on standby awaiting her arrival.
“The driver of the second car, a man, was treated at the scene for a minor neck injury before being conveyed to Queens Hospital in Burton for further assessment and treatment.”
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