A man has sustained life-threatening injuries following a road traffic collision in Penkridge today.
West Midlands Ambulance Service was called at 12.13pm to a collision involving a car and a pedestrian on Church Road in Penkridge. Two ambulances, a paramedic officer and the Midland Air Ambulance from Cosford and the Midland Air Ambulance from Tatenhill attended the scene.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: “Upon arrival we found an elderly man who was the pedestrian.
“He was assessed by ambulance staff and had sustained life-threatening injuries. He received advanced trauma care from ambulance staff at the scene.
“He was conveyed to Royal Stoke University Hospital further treatment.”
“No further patients required treatment from ambulance staff.”
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.
