Wednesday 5th August 2015 – 4.40pm – Steve Parry
A motorcyclist and pillion rider have been taken to hospital following a road traffic collision in Fenton, Stoke on Trent this afternoon.
West Midlands Ambulance Service was called to an incident involving a car and motorcycle in Victoria Road at just before 3.15pm.
Two ambulances together with a paramedic support officer and a BASICS doctor attended the scene.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: “Crews responded to a collision between a car and motorbike in Victoria Road earlier this afternoon.
“Crews treated a male in his twenties for a low leg injury. He was immobilised using a spinal board.
“The pillion rider was a 15 year old male who was treated for a fractured leg and pelvic injuries. He was given pain relief and immobilised with the use of a leg splint, neck collar and spinal board.
“Both patients were conveyed to the Royal Stoke University Hospital for further assessment and treatment.
“The driver of the car was treated at the scene but did not require further hospital treatment.”
End