Four people have been taken to hospital following a road traffic collision on the M5 overnight.
West Midlands Ambulance Service was called at 12.16am to a collision involving a car and a lorry on junction 4 North on the M5 in Uffdown and Waseley.
Four ambulances, two paramedic officers, a MERIT trauma doctor and critical care paramedic, a BASICS emergency doctor, a Critical Care Car from the Air Ambulance Service and a Critical Care Car from Midlands Air Ambulance attended the scene.
A West Midlands spokeswoman said: “Upon arrival, ambulance staff found four patients from the car.
“The driver, a man, and two passengers who were both women had sustained serious injuries. They received advanced trauma care from ambulance staff at the scene.
“All three were conveyed to Queen Elizabeth Hospital under blue light conditions for further treatment”
“A third passenger had sustained non-serious injuries. She received treatment from ambulance staff and was conveyed to Sandwell District Hospital for further assessment.”
“The driver of the lorry did not require treatment.”
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.
