Tuesday 18th November 2014 – 10.20pm – Steve Parry.
A pedestrian has been seriously injured following a road traffic collision in Cradley Heath this evening
The incident occurred in Cradley Road at just after 9pm
Two ambulances together with a paramedic officer in a rapid response vehicle and the MERIT team attended the scene.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: “Crews arrived to find a pedestrian had been in collision with a car, which in turn had collided with the wall of a public house.
“A man believed to be in his forties was treated for serious pelvic and leg injuries.
“The patient was immobilised with the use of leg splints, a neck collar and placed on a spinal board before he was conveyed to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital further assessment and treatment.
“The driver of the car, a man thought to be in his thirties, was treated for a head injury and was also taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.”