Wednesday 18th December 2013 – 6.00pm – Suzie Fothergill.
A motorcyclist has been injured in a road traffic collision in the Black Country this afternoon.
West Midlands Ambulance Service was called to reports of a car and a moped that had been in collision on the Birmingham New Road in Coseley, Bilston at approximately 4.15pm today.
An ambulance, a rapid response vehicle, a paramedic area support officer and a rapid response vehicle, carrying a trauma doctor and a critical care paramedic, from the Midlands Air Ambulance base in Cosford were dispatched to the scene.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: “Crews treated the motorcyclist for suspected pelvic and leg injuries at the scene.
“The man, believed to be in his mid-20’s, was given pain relief and fully immobilised before being conveyed to the major trauma centre at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham for further assessment and treatment.
“No one else was injured in the incident.”
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