Friday 3rd October 2014 – 4pm – Steve Parry.
Three people have been taken to hospital following a road traffic collision near Tamworth this afternoon.
West Midlands Ambulance Service was called to the junction of Pennymoor Road and Pennine Way, Wilnecote at just after 1.40pm.
Two ambulances, a community paramedic and the Midlands Air Ambulance from Tatenhill attended the scene.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: “We were called to a two car collision involving three patients near Tamworth.
“Two females, believed to be in their fifties, was treated for back and neck injuries. They were immobilised with the use of a neck collar and spinal board before being conveyed to hospital. One patient went by land ambulance to Good Hope Hospital and the second patient was airlifted to Derby Royal Hospital.
“A male travelling in the second car was also treated for neck and back injuries and later conveyed by ambulance to Good Hope Hospital.”
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