Tuesday 25th April 2017 – 5pm – Jamie Arrowsmith.
A car driver has been taken to hospital following a collision between a car and a double decker bus this afternoon.
A Patient Transport Service vehicle came across the incident on Robin Hood Road in Willenhall, Coventry at 2.50pm. One ambulance and a paramedic officer were then sent to the scene.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: “Crews arrived to find a car that had suffered severe damage in collision with a bus.
“The car driver, a man believed to be in his 40s, managed to free himself from his vehicle.
“He was treated for suspected broken ribs and a hand injury and transported to University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire.
“There was one patient from the bus, a man believed to be in his 60s who had suffered a hand injury. He was treated in a nearby medical centre and did not require onward transport to hospital.
“The driver of the bus was uninjured in the incident.”
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