Monday 10th March 2014 – 4.20pm – Steve Parry.
A pedestrian has been taken to hospital following a road traffic collision in Cannock this afternoon.
The incident occurred in Avon Road just before 1.50pm.
An ambulance, together with a paramedic in a rapid response vehicle and the Midlands Air Ambulance from Cosford attended the scene.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: “Ambulance crews arrived to find a pedestrian had been in collision with a car.
“A woman in her twenties was treated for facial injuries.
“The patient was immobilised with the use of a neck collar and placed on a spinal board before she was airlifted to the University Hospital of North Staffordshire for further assessment and treatment.
“The air ambulance landed at a nearby primary school.”
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