Thursday 23rd August 2018 – 8.45am – Jamie Arrowsmith.
A cyclist has been treated for a head injury and transported to hospital by ambulance staff following a collision with a car last night (Wednesday).
West Midlands Ambulance Service was called to the junction of Rea Street and Moseley Street in Birmingham at 6.28pm and sent two ambulances, a paramedic officer, a MERIT trauma doctor and the Midlands Air Ambulance Critical Care Car to the scene.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: “Crews arrived to find the cyclist, a man in his 20s, lying in the road, approximately 30 feet away from his bicycle.
“The man, who was wearing a helmet, was treated for a head injury, a reduced level of consciousness and cuts to the shoulder before being transported to Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham.
“The driver of the car was uninjured in the incident.”
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