A teenage boy, a cyclist, has been treated for serious injuries and taken to hospital following a road traffic collision in Longbridge last night.
West Midlands Ambulance Service was called to reports of a collision between a truck and a cyclist on Coombes Lane at 9.56pm and sent two ambulances, two paramedic officers and a MERIT trauma doctor and a critical care paramedic.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: “Crews arrived to find bystanders, including an off-duty medic caring for a teenage boy who had suffered serious injuries following a collision with a car.
“Following emergency treatment at the scene by ambulance staff, he was then transported to Birmingham Children’s Hospital for further assessment.”
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