Lorry driver critical after crash with tree

A lorry driver has been critically injured in a serious crash near Evesham. The crash happened in Honeybourne this morning when a lorry crashed into a tree shortly after 8am today. West Midlands Ambulance Service was called to the junction of Poden Lane and Mickleton Road, Honeybourne at 8.09am this morning to reports of a collision involving a van and a tree.

Two paramedic officers, our Hazardous Area Response Team, the Midlands Air Ambulance Critical Care car from Strensham and the Midlands Air Ambulance from Cosford attended the scene, alongside colleagues from South Western Ambulance Service. RECOMMENDED READING: Honeybourne major crash emergency incident live updates[1] A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: "On arrival crews found the lorry driver, in a critical condition.

"Ambulance staff administer specialist trauma care to him before he was conveyed by land ambulance to University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire.

"Crews assessed a second patient who was a passenger in the lorry, before discharging him at the scene."

References

1. ^ RECOMMENDED READING: Honeybourne major crash emergency incident live updates (www.worcesternews.co.uk)