Thursday 11th July 2013 – 4.40pm – Claire Brown.
A man has died in a non-stop road traffic collision in Wolverhampton this afternoon.
West Midlands Ambulance Service was called to reports of a collision involving a cyclist and a car on the Stafford Road, near the Texaco Garage, in Wolverhampton shortly after 12.30pm (Thursday).
An ambulance, a paramedic area support officer and the Midlands Air Ambulance from Cosford with a MERIT trauma doctor on board attended the scene. A second ambulance crew, who was en route to hospital, came across the incident and stopped to help.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: “A man had come off his bicycle after a reported collision with a car.
“The man had suffered serious injuries and was in cardiac arrest. Ambulance crews immediately commenced CPR on the man but sadly, it quickly became apparent that nothing could be done to save him and the doctor confirmed death on scene.”
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