Claire Brown – Tuesday 11th November 2025 – 1.00pm.
A man has sadly died, and two others have been seriously injured after a bin lorry collided with a property in Herefordshire this morning.
West Midlands Ambulance Service received multiple 999 calls at around 6.45am today reporting a refuse lorry had collided with a residential property on Mill Street in Leominster. Two ambulances, two paramedic officers, a MERIT trauma doctor with a critical care paramedic, the Trust’s Hazardous Area Response Team (HART), two Mercia Accident Rescue Service (MARS) BASICS doctors, the Midlands Air Ambulances from Strensham and Cosford and a Critical Care Car from Midlands Air Ambulance responded to the scene.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service Spokeswoman said: “Ambulance staff arrived on scene to find a significant RTC where three occupants were trapped in a bin lorry which had collided with a house. No occupants were inside the house at the time of the collision.
“Due to structural damage to the house, all three emergency service colleagues worked rapidly together to safely extricate the three patients.
“Sadly, one male passenger was confirmed deceased on scene.
“The driver, a man, received trauma care by ambulance staff for serious injuries before being airlifted to Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham for further emergency care.
“A second male passenger also received trauma care for serious injuries by WMAS before being airlifted to the same hospital for further trauma care.”
ENDS