Man seriously injured in Leintwardine collision

A man was given advanced trauma care by the ambulance service in the early hours of today in North Herefordshire.

West Midlands Ambulance Service received a 999 call which reported a car had left the road, overturned, and ended up in a field near High Street in Leintwardine, shortly after midnight. An ambulance and a paramedic officer were sent to the scene.

A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: “On arrival ambulance staff found a car with significant damage and the driver, a man, in a serious condition. The crew immediately requested a MERIT trauma doctor to assist on scene due to the patient’s condition.

“The crew and paramedic officer worked quickly with the fire service to extricate the man from the vehicle. Once out, they administered trauma care on scene but due to the man’s serious condition, they quickly left the scene on blue lights to hospital and arranged for MERIT to intercept them en route. The trauma doctor, who had just cleared from another serious case out of the Shropshire area, met the ambulance crew on the A49.  

“The doctor administered advanced trauma care to the man and, once in a stable condition, the blue light journey continued to Royal Stoke University Hospital with the doctor on board.”