Motorcycle collides with car in Oldbury

A woman and a man have been taken to hospital following a collision involving a car and a motorcycle in Oldbury yesterday.

West Midlands Ambulance Service received multiple 999 calls reporting a collision on Hagley Road West at 1.50pm on Tuesday. Two ambulances and a paramedic officer were sent to the scene. An Ambulance Service spokeswoman said:

“Ambulance crews arrived to find a motorcyclist being cared for by an off-duty nurse and passers-by following a collision with a car.  The motorcyclist, a woman, suffered potentially serious injuries and was given trauma care by the team of ambulance staff on scene.

"She was taken by land ambulance to Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham; her condition was described as stable on arrival at hospital. 
 
“The car driver, a man, was assessed by paramedics before being taken to the same hospital as a precaution.”