Tuesday 1st December 2015 – 5.25pm – Claire Brown.
One man has died and two others have been treated by ambulance staff following a collision involving three vehicles in Warwickshire this afternoon.
West Midlands Ambulance Service was called to the A3400 Shipston Road between Shipston and Stratford-upon-Avon shortly after 2.00pm this afternoon (Tuesday). Two ambulances, a community paramedic, a paramedic area support officer and the Midlands Air Ambulance from Strensham attended the scene.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: “Upon arrival crews found two cars and a lorry which had been involved in a significant collision. The driver of one car, a man, was sadly confirmed dead on scene.
“The driver of the second car, an 82-year-old man, was assessed by ambulance staff who found he had neck pain and central chest pain but was in a stable condition. He was extricated from the car by the fire service and immobilised as a precaution before being taken by land ambulance to Warwick Hospital.
“The lorry driver, a 31-year-old man, was checked over on scene but was uninjured and did not require hospital treatment.”
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It must also be mentioned that there was an off duty Ambulance Clinician and Registered Nurse on scene prior to the Ambulance arriving who assessed the patients and gave care.