Friday 6th June 2014 – 8.30pm – Claire Brown.
A woman has died following a road traffic collision in a Herefordshire village earlier this afternoon.
West Midlands Ambulance Service was called to Dormington, near to Dormington Court, shortly before 4.30pm (Friday). Two ambulances, a responder paramedic, a paramedic area support officer, the Midlands Air Ambulance from Cosford with a MERIT trauma doctor on board and a nearby BASICS doctor from the Mercia Accident Rescue Service (MARS) were sent to the scene.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: “Crews arrived to find a woman pedestrian in cardiac arrest after reportedly being in collision with a car.
“Ambulance staff immediately started CPR on scene and quickly transferred her to the awaiting ambulance before alerting her into nearby Hereford Hospital.
“Advanced life support continued en route to hospital. Sadly, despite the best efforts, nothing could be done to save the woman and she was confirmed dead a short time later in hospital.”
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