A teenager riding an e-scooter has been seriously injured following an e-scooter collision in Birmingham yesterday.
West Midlands Ambulance Service was called to Gravelly Lane, Erdington, at 4.23pm on Sunday (1st November) following reports of a collision involving an e-scooter and a car. Two ambulances, a paramedic officer and a MERIT trauma team attended the scene and arrived within four minutes of the 999 call being made.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: “When ambulance staff arrived they found a teenage boy who had sustained serious injuries. The team worked quickly to fully assess the boy before administering trauma care at the scene. Once stabilised, the boy was transferred on blue lights to a specialist hospital for further emergency treatment.”
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