Murray MacGregor – Thursday 3rd October 2019 – 11.05am.
Three people have been taken to hospital, one in a serious condition, after a two car crash that also left a gas main ruptured.
The crash happened near the junction of Longford Road and Oakmoor Road in the Longford area of Coventry at about 10.30pm last night, Wednesday.
Two ambulances, three paramedic officers and The Air Ambulance Service Critical Care Car were sent to the scene.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: “On arrival, ambulance crews found two cars that had suffered significant damage – the two were about 150 yards apart.
“A man in his 20s was trapped in the front passenger seat of the first car. Ambulance staff worked with firefighters to extricate him after he had received advanced clinical care from the doctor whilst trapped.
“He was taken on blue lights to the major trauma centre at University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire with significant injuries. The doctor travelled with the ambulance crew.
“Ambulance crews did not see anyone else from this car.
“There were two people in the second car. A woman in her 40s had been helped from the vehicle by bystanders. She was assessed and treated at the scene before being taken to the same hospital as a precaution along with the driver of the car, a man in his 50s who had suffered minor injuries.
“The gas leak led to police evacuating a small number of residents until the main was shut off by gas engineers.”
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