Five injured as bus and car collide in Tipton
Five people were taken to hospital when a car and a bus collided in Tipton today.
A man and a woman in a Toyota Yaris were taken to hospital with serious injuries after the accident at the bridge on Toll End Road at around 1.20pm.
Firefighters cut the roof from the Yaris to free the occupants and the road was closed while emergency services worked at the scene. Five ambulances and the air ambulance were called.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: "A man and a woman who were in the car were cut free with the help of the fire service. The male driver had a head injury. A woman passenger had head, facial, back and chest injuries. Both were anaesthetised at the scene and their airways maintained. The woman was flown to Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham. The man was taken to the same hospital by land ambulance.
"Three bus passengers had back and neck pain. All three were immobilised. A man and a woman were taken to Sandwell Hospital. A second woman was taken to Russells Hall Hospital."
