A road traffic collision in Stourbridge could have been "so much worse" at the weekend, but metal railings "did their job".

In a story broken by Black Country Radio, West Midlands Ambulance Service were called to The Chequers Inn on Stourbridge Ring Road at 10.20pm on Sunday. An ambulance, a responder paramedic and a paramedic area support officer attended.

A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: “Crews arrived to find a car which had collided with metal railings at the side of the ring road.

“The three occupants in the car, three young men, were checked over by ambulance staff. Two of the men suffered no apparent injuries whilst the third was given treatment on scene for an arm injury and a suspected minor head injury. He was taken to Russells Hall Hospital for further care.

“Not only were the three men lucky not to have suffered serious injuries but it was extremely fortunate that the car was stopped by the metal railings in-front of the pub otherwise it could have been a completely different incident.”