Monday 19th October 2026 – 1.00pm.
A woman has been taken to a major trauma centre after being seriously injured in a Newcastle-under-Lyme collision today.
West Midlands Ambulance Service was called to the junction of Clayton Road and Kingsbridge Avenue in Newcastle-under-Lyme at 8.53am this morning following reports of a collision involving a lorry and a car. Two ambulances, a North Staffordshire BASICS doctor and a Midlands Air Ambulance responded to the scene.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: “When crews arrived they found the driver of the car, a woman, trapped in her car in a serious condition. The team of ambulance staff worked quickly with fire colleagues at the scene to extricate her from the vehicle whilst receiving advanced trauma care. The woman was conveyed by land ambulance on blue lights to Royal Stoke University Hospital for further emergency care.”
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