Motorcyclist injured in collision with lorry
A motorcyclist has been badly injured following a collision with a lorry between Bridgnorth and Wolverhampton.
The collision occured on the A454 Bridgnorth Road at Shipley shortly after 8.15pm yesterday evening. It is believed to be a head-on collision between a motorbike and a lorry.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: “The motorcyclist, a man in his fifties, had a broken right arm, a broken leg and a suspected fractured pelvis. He was fully immobilised, given pain relief and was flown by the Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance to Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham.
“The lorry driver had pain to his bicep. He was taken by land ambulance to Princess Royal Hospital as a precaution.”
Police are asking anyone with any information to contact police on the non-emergency number 101 quoting the incident reference 640s of the 25th June.
The Midlands Air Ambulance from Staffordshire, the Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance, the MERIT trauma team consisting of a trauma doctor and a critical care practitioner, a paramedic area support officer and two ambulance crews attended.
