A teenager has died following a road traffic collision between a HGV and a cyclist this morning.
West Midlands Ambulance Service was called to the junction of Shobnall Road and Wellington Street in Burton at 8.27am and sent one ambulance, two paramedic officers and the Midlands Air Ambulance Critical Care Car to the scene.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: “On arrival crews discovered the cyclist, a teenage male, had suffered multiple serious injuries in the collision.
“Sadly, it quickly became apparent nothing could be done to save him and he was confirmed dead at the scene.
“The lorry driver, a man, was assessed for the effects of shock before being discharged at the scene.”
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.
