Driver hurt in tree crash.A YOUNG motorist was airlifted to hospital after smashing into a tree in the Black Country. The driver, said to be in his late teens, was cut free from the twisted wreckage and transferred to an air ambulance air ambulance Emergency medicine A helicopter or, less commonly, a fixed wing aircraft, used to evacuate a person who requires immediate medical attention that cannot be provided at his/her current location . Paramedics anaesthetised the man before maintaining his airway en route to Selly Oak Selly Oak is an area in south Birmingham, England. It is also a council constituency, managed by its own district committee. Birmingham Selly Oak is a parliamentary constituency; its member of Parliament is Dr Lynne Jones. Hospital where he was treated for a serious head injury. His condition is said to be stable. He had been driving along Forge Lane, West Bromwich, when he hit a roadside tree at about 10.40am yesterday. A West Midlands Ambulance Service The West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust is the authority responsible for providing NHS ambulance services in Herefordshire, Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, Warwickshire, West Midlands, and Worcestershire in the West Midlands region. spokesman said: "A car was found to have left the road and collided with a tree. Its driver, a man in his late teens, was trapped in the vehicle with a serious head injury. "He was flown to Selly Oak Hospital for further assessment and treatment." |
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