Claire Brown – Tuesday 21st January 2025 – 9.20am.
A man received trauma care by ambulance staff after being seriously injured in a road traffic collision in Hereford last night.
West Midlands Ambulance Service was called to reports of a serious collision involving a car and a pedestrian on the A4110, Mortimers Cross, Hereford shortly before 6.00pm yesterday (Monday). An ambulance, paramedic officer, two MARS doctors and the Midlands Air Ambulance from Strensham responded to the scene.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: “When ambulance staff arrived at the scene they found a pedestrian, a man, in a serious condition. The team of medics worked together to assess his serious injuries before administering trauma care to stabilise his condition.
“The man was airlifted to Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, a major trauma centre, for further emergency care.”
ENDS
Notes to editors:
MARS – Mercia Accident Rescue Service
MARS is a team of volunteer doctors, nurses and paramedics who provide advanced pre-hospital medical care to seriously injured and critically unwell patients in the Midlands. Based across Herefordshire, Worcestershire and the Midlands they cover over 2500 square miles of central England, from Birmingham down to Ross-on-Wye and from the Welsh border across to Evesham. They respond to requests for assistance from West Midlands Ambulance Service.