Two people have been taken to hospital, one with life threatening injuries following a collision in Leominster yesterday.
West Midlands Ambulance Service was called at 4.17pm to a collision involving a van and motorbike nearby to Queenswood Country Park in Dinmore Hill, Leominster and sent two ambulances, two paramedic officers, the Midland Air Ambulance from Strensham and two BASICS emergency doctors to the scene.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: “Upon arrival we found a man and a woman who were assessed by ambulance staff at the scene.
“A man who was the motorcyclist had sustained life-threatening injuries. He received advanced trauma care from ambulance staff.
“He was conveyed to Queen Elizabeth Hospital by air ambulance for further treatment.
“A woman who was the driver of the van had sustained injuries not believed to be serious and received treatment at the scene.
“She was conveyed to Hereford County Hospital for further assessment.”
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.
