Three people have been taken to hospital, one with life threatening injuries following a collision in Malvern today.
West Midlands Ambulance Service was called at 12.02pm to a collision involving a car and three pedestrians on Church Road in Malvern and sent three ambulances, two paramedic officers, the Midland Air Ambulance from Strensham and a Mercia Accident Rescue Service doctor (MARS) to the scene.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: “Upon arrival we found three women who had been involved in a collision with a car.
“The first, an elderly woman, was assessed and had sustained life-threatening injuries.
“She received advanced trauma care at the scene which continued en route to Queen Elizabeth Hospital via land ambulance.
“The second and third women had sustained injuries that were not life threatening. They both received treatment from ambulance staff at the scene.
“The second woman was conveyed to Hereford Hospital by land ambulance for further treatment.
“The third woman was conveyed to Worcester Royal Hospital by land ambulance for further treatment.”
“Two further patients self-presented to ambulance staff who were assessed and discharged at the scene. No further patients required 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.
