A woman has died and a man has been taken to hospital in a critical condition after a collision involving a car and a coach in Worcester.
West Midlands Ambulance Service were called to reports of an RTC at the junction of Blackmore Park Road and the B4208 at 3.21pm and three ambulances, a paramedic officer and the Midlands Air Ambulance from Strensham attended the scene.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: “On arrival, crews found three patients; a woman and two men.
“The woman, a passenger in the car, was in a critical condition. Sadly, it quickly became apparent that nothing could be done to save her, and she was declared dead at the scene.
“One man, the driver of the car, was found in a critical condition. Crews administered specialist trauma care, before he was taken by air ambulance to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham to received further specialist care.
“The second man, the driver of the coach, was assessed by ambulance staff, but did not wish to be conveyed to hospital.”
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.
