Girl seriously injured in Coventry following collision with car

It happened on Sewall Highway yesterday afternoon

Author: Ben CartwrightPublished 10th Jul 2024

A young girl has been airlifted to hospital following with a collision with a car in Coventry.

It happened yesterday on Sewall Highway shortly before 4pm.

West Midlands Ambulance Service say they received a call to a report of a collision involving a pedestrian and a car.

An ambulance, paramedic officer and the Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance responded to the scene and arrived within nine minutes.

A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: “On arrival crews found a pedestrian, a girl, who had sustained potentially serious injuries following the collision. The team worked to administer trauma care to the girl to stabilise her condition before she was airlifted to Birmingham Children’s Hospital for further emergency care.”

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