Pedestrian seriously injured in Oldbury
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A man in his 30s is in hospital with a serious head injury after being knocked down by a van in Oldbury.
Paramedics were called to Birchfield Lane at around 11.50pm last night. The injured man was treated at the scene by the ambulance crew before being taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham.
West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman Chris Kowalik said: "The man who is in his thirties, had a serious head injury. He was immobilised with the use of a spinal board, neck collar and pelvic splint.
"A medicine that prevents and treats bleeding problems was administered and his airway was maintained.
"He was taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham whose trauma team had been put on alert in anticipation of his arrival."
