A man has died and a woman’s been taken to hospital after a road traffic collision in Hinckley last night.
West Midlands Ambulance Service was called at 9.55pm to Smockington Lane near Wolvey and sent two ambulances, a paramedic officer and the Midlands Air Ambulance Charity’s Critical Care Car to the scene. An ambulance crew from East Midlands Ambulance Service also attended.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman says: “On arrival, crews discovered three cars had been involved in a collision.
“Sadly, it quickly became clear that a male patient, the driver of one of the cars, could not be saved and he was confirmed dead at the scene.
“The driver of a second car, a woman, was already out of the vehicle on arrival.
“Ambulance staff treated her for potentially serious injuries before conveying her to University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire for further treatment.”
Midlands Air Ambulance Charity is an independent healthcare provider. We work in close partnership with NHS Ambulance Services, including West Midlands Ambulance Service and South Western Ambulance Service, to deliver advanced pre-hospital emergency care across the six counties we serve, as well as supporting national responses during major incidents. We are dispatched to cases of the highest severity, where our Critical Care Paramedics and HEMS Doctors – deployed by helicopter or critical care car – work alongside NHS ambulance crews at the scene. Together, we provide specialist interventions, bringing hospital-level emergency medicine directly to incidents in our communities and workplaces when it is needed most.
