Tuesday 12th January 2016 – 5.25pm – Claire Brown.
Two women have been injured, one critically, following a two car road traffic collision in Wolverhampton this afternoon.
West Midlands Ambulance Service was called to Waterloo Road near to Newhampton Road West at around 2.15pm earlier today (Tuesday). Two ambulances, a community paramedic and a paramedic area support officer attended.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: “The driver of one car, a woman, suffered serious injuries and received emergency treatment on scene by ambulance staff before being alerted to nearby New Cross Hospital. Upon arrival, her condition was said to be critical.
“The driver of a second car, a woman believed to be in her 50s, sustained a serious leg injury. She was given trauma care and was stabilised before being taken by land ambulance on blue lights to the same hospital.
“The road remains closed.”
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