Monday 11th August 2014 – 10.30pm – Steve Parry
Three adults and two children have been taken to hospital following a road traffic collision on the A429 near Ettington in Warwickshire this evening.
West Midlands Ambulance Service was called to the A429 between Ettington and Wellesbourne at just before 8.20pm.
Four ambulances; a paramedic officer, the MERIT team and the Midlands Air Ambulance from Tatenhill attended the scene.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: “Crews arrived to find a car had collided with a van.
“Two men were found ejected from the van. The driver, a man in his thirties, received serious multiple pelvic and leg injuries and was anesthetised at the scene by a doctor before being taken to University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire.
“The passenger, a man in his thirties, received head, back and abdominal injuries. He was immobilised with the use of a neck collar and spinal board before also being conveyed to the University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire.
“A woman in her thirties and two children travelling in the car were treated for minor injuries. They were assessed at the scene before being taken to the University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire.”
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