A man has been seriously injured after a road traffic collision involving a HGV this afternoon in Stafford.
West Midlands Ambulance Service received several 999 calls to reports of a collision involving a pedestrian and a HGV on the northbound carriageway of the A34, Yarlet, Stafford at 12.29pm today (Tuesday 24th March). An off-duty WMAS paramedic came across the incident and stopped to provide aid to the pedestrian. An ambulance and a Midlands Air Ambulance helicopter with a doctor and critical care paramedic on board responded to the incident.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: “The pedestrian, a man, had sustained serious injuries in the collision and was quickly given trauma care by the team of medics. Once the man’s condition was stabilised, he was conveyed on blue lights by land ambulance to Royal Stoke University Hospital. The aircrew medics travelled in the ambulance to continue advanced trauma care enroute to A&E.”
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.
