SERIOUS RTC IN WORCESTERSHIRE Thursday 8th March - 5.15pm

A woman received trauma care at the scene of a two-car RTC in Bewdley last night.

West Midlands Ambulance Service was called to the junction of the A456 and the B4194, Ribbesford, Bewdley at around 5.15pm (Thursday). An ambulance, 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 two cars which had been involved in a serious RTC. The driver of one car, a woman, had been pulled from the wreckage prior to the emergency services arrival by passers-by.

“Ambulance staff assessed the woman who was found to have sustained a suspected head injury and was in a serious condition. She was given advanced pain relief to help stabilise her condition before being immobilised and transferred by land ambulance to Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham for further emergency treatment.”