Saturday 3rd October 2015 – 5.30pm –Chris Kowalik.
A motorcyclist has suffered numerous injuries after falling from his machine in the Black Country.
West Midlands Ambulance Service was called to the junction of Lichfield Road and Redmires Close, Rushall at 2.30pm today.
Two ambulance crews, a paramedic area support officer in a rapid response vehicle and the Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance attended.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: “The motorcyclist, a man in his twenties, had reportedly hit a tree and was thrown from his bike. He had back, abdominal, pelvic and facial injuries and a broken arm.
“He was immobilised on a spinal board and a pelvic splint was applied. He was also given pain relief and an anti-haemorrhage agent and was then taken by land ambulance, accompanied by the air ambulance crew to Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham.”
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