Teenage girl seriously injured in Stourbridge crash
A girl of 16 was left with a serious head injury when she was hit by a car in Stourbridge today.
Paramedics said the had been left unconscious for a short time before she was airlifted to hospital.
This afternoon, she was said to be in a serious condition in hospital.
The driver of the Vauxhall Meriva was left shaken and she was taken to Russells Hall Hospital as a precaution.
It happened on Hodge Hill Avenue in Wollescote at around 8am.
West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman Murray MacGregor said: "She had initially been reported to be unconscious but had started to come round while ambulance staff were treating her.
"After assessment, the doctor on the aircraft anaesthetised her at the scene before she was airlifted to Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham. She had also been immobilised.
"The car had considerable damage."
West Midlands Police said they had spoken to the Meriva driver and the road was closed for most of the morning for reconstructions to take place.
Sgt Adam Green, from the Regional Collision Investigation Unit, said: "A number of witnesses have already come forward but I would appeal to anyone else who may have seen the incident to contact us to help us establish exactly what happened."
Call police on 101 and quote incident log 357 15/3.
