Friday 19th December 2014 – 2.30pm – Steve Parry.
A pedestrian has been taken to hospital following a road traffic collision in Brownhills this morning.
The incident occurred on the High Street at just after 11.20am.
An ambulance together with a paramedic in a rapid response vehicle and the Midlands Air Ambulance based at Cosford attended the scene.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: “Ambulance crews arrived to find a pedestrian had been in collision with a lorry.
“A man believed to be in his eighties was treated for serious multiple leg injuries together with pelvic and head injuries.
“The patient was immobilised with the use of a neck collar and placed on a spinal board. He was also anaesthetised before being airlifted to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital for further assessment and treatment.
“The hospital was alerted to the serious condition of the patient.”
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