Pedestrian involved in serious collision in Ross-on-Wye
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Posted On February 1, 2023
A pedestrian was involved in a serious collision with a mini bus on Ledbury Road in Ross-on-Wye this afternoon, Wednesday 1st February.
Emergency Services were called just after 3pm to the incident. Two ambulances, two paramedic officers, a community first responder, a Mercia Accident Rescue Service (MARS) BASICS doctor, the Midlands Air Ambulance from Strensham with two critical care paramedics on board and a Great Western Air Ambulance Charity helicopter with a medic on board along with police and fire attended the scene. Collision investigation were also in attendance.
The pedestrian, a lady in her 70’s suffered serious injuries and was airlifted to Hospital.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: “When ambulance staff arrived on scene they found a pedestrian, a woman, in a critical condition being cared for by bystanders.
“The team of ambulance staff worked quickly to administer advanced trauma care to the woman on scene to stabilise her condition before she was airlifted to Southmead Hospital in Bristol for further trauma care.”
