Two men seriously injured after car crashes into lamppost in Coventry

The car ended up on its roof in the early hours of this morning

Author: Dan DaviesPublished 1st Nov 2021

Two men have been seriously injured after a car collided with street furniture in the early hours of this morning.

West Midlands Ambulance Service was called at 3.45am to the junction of Jobs Lane and Jardine Crescent and sent two ambulances, a paramedic officer and the Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance Critical Care Car to the scene.

A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: “On arrival at the scene, crews discovered a car that had collided with a lamppost and come to rest on its roof.

“There were two male occupants from the vehicle, both of whom had suffered serious injuries in the collision. Following specialist trauma care being applied at the scene they were both conveyed to University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire under emergency conditions.”

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