Driver seriously hurt in multi-car crash in Coventry
A man has suffered potentially serious injuries following a collision in Coventry[1]. It happened on Hipswell Highway in Wyken[2] on Sunday (December 10).
Paramedics and an Air Ambulance Critical Care Car were called to the scene at around 7.20pm. Firefighters from Coventry[3] and Binley[4] and a 4x4 Brigade Response Vehicle also attended.
Crews discovered that a car had collided with several vehicles, said West Midlands Ambulance Service[5]. It is understood part of the road was blocked until around 8pm.
Medics found that the driver of the vehicle had suffered potentially serious injuries. He chose not to receive further treatment and was given self-care advice before being discharged.
A spokesman for West Midlands Ambulance Service[7] said: “We were called to reports of an RTC on Hipswell Highway in Coventry[8] at around 7.20pm yesterday (December 11). Paramedics and an Air Ambulance Critical Care Car were sent to the scene in Wyken[9].
“Crews discovered a car had come off the road and collided with parked vehicles. A man was treated for potentially serious injuries but did not wish to go to hospital so was given self-care advice and discharged at the scene.”
A spokesman for West Midlands Fire Service[10] said: “Shortly after 7.20pm on Sunday, December 10, we responded to Hipswell Highway in Coventry[11]. Two fire engines and a 4x4 Brigade Response Vehicle responded, the first arriving within one minute of being mobilised.
“Firefighters assessed one man at the scene with injuries, and he was treated by WMAS[12]. Colleagues at West Midlands Police[13] assisted with traffic management. Crews made the cars safe and left the scene at 8.06pm.”
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References
- ^ Coventry (www.coventrytelegraph.net)
- ^ Wyken (www.coventrytelegraph.net)
- ^ Coventry (www.coventrytelegraph.net)
- ^ Binley (www.coventrytelegraph.net)
- ^ West Midlands Ambulance Service (www.coventrytelegraph.net)
- ^ Police issue statement after man dies in car park tragedy in Coventry (www.coventrytelegraph.net)
- ^ West Midlands Ambulance Service (www.coventrytelegraph.net)
- ^ Coventry (www.coventrytelegraph.net)
- ^ Wyken (www.coventrytelegraph.net)
- ^ West Midlands Fire Service (www.coventrytelegraph.net)
- ^ Coventry (www.coventrytelegraph.net)
- ^ WMAS (www.coventrytelegraph.net)
- ^ West Midlands Police (www.coventrytelegraph.net)
- ^ here (data.reachplc.com)
- ^ Coventry (www.coventrytelegraph.net)