Person in "serious condition" after being hit by car in Worcester

It happened on Deansway yesterday (13 October)

Author: Isabel KimbreyPublished 14th Oct 2021
Last updated 20th Oct 2021

A person is in a "serious condition" after a car carsh in Worcester City Centre yesterday (13 October).

The pedestrian has been sent to the Major Trauma Centre at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham following the incident on Deansway just after 4pm.

West Midlands Ambulance Service was called to reports of an RTC involving a car and pedestrian at the junction of Copenhagen Street and Deansway in the city.

One ambulance, a paramedic officer and the Midlands Air Ambulance from Strensham attended the scene.

A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: “Crews arrived to find the pedestrian, a woman, with serious injuries from the collision.

“She was given advanced trauma care on scene and was conveyed by land ambulance to Birmingham’s QE on blue lights and sirens, with treatment continuing enroute.”

A police cordon was put in place for several hours causing gridlock around the city.

Deansway has now re-opened this morning.

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