BOY AIRLIFTED TO HOSPITAL AFTER RTC Wednesday 14th March - 3.30pm

A boy received trauma care by ambulance staff before being airlifted to hospital following a collision with a car in Birmingham this afternoon.

West Midlands Ambulance Service was called to reports of a pedestrian who had been involved in an RTC with a car near to the junction of Ragnall Avenue and The Radleys, Sheldon shortly after 3.30pm (Wednesday). Two ambulances, a paramedic officer and the Midlands Air Ambulance from Cosford with a MERIT trauma doctor on board attended the scene.

A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: “Crews arrived to find a boy who had sustained serious head and leg injuries. He was given trauma care at the scene by the team of ambulance staff before being airlifted to Birmingham Children’s Hospital for further specialist care.”