Boy seriously injured in Walsall RTC

Claire Brown – Friday 7th August 2020 – 9.40am.

Ambulance crews responded to a road traffic collision in Walsall last night where a boy suffered serious injuries.

The incident happened on Darlaston Road in Walsall at around 6.30pm last night. Two ambulances, a paramedic officer, a critical care car, a MERIT trauma doctor and the Midlands Air Ambulance from Cosford responded to the scene after reports of a collision involving a car and a pedestrian.

A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: “Bystanders were providing care to the pedestrian, a boy, when ambulance staff arrived. The boy was assessed and found to have suffered serious injuries. He was given trauma care at the scene before being taken by land ambulance to Birmingham Children’s Hospital for further treatment.”

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