Tuesday 17th April 2018 – 8.15am – Claire Brown.
A man sadly died in a road traffic collision in Oswestry last night.
West Midlands Ambulance Service received a call from the police to reports of a collision involving a car and a pedestrian at the junction of the B5069 and the A5 in Gobowen, Oswestry shortly after 9.30pm last night (Monday). Two ambulances and two paramedic officers attended the scene.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: “Crews arrived to find a man who was in cardiac arrest following a collision with a car and was receiving CPR by passers-by. Ambulance staff quickly took over resuscitation efforts but, sadly, nothing could be done to save the man and he was confirmed dead on scene a short time later.
“The occupants of the car involved, a woman and a child, were assessed by ambulance staff but didn’t require hospital treatment.”
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