Three injured in traffic collisions
A man and a woman were taken to hospital with injuries after a collision between a car and a motorcycle.
Watling Road in Bridgtown was closed off for just over an hour after the collision outside OK Diner around 5pm yesterday.
Both casualties were taken to New Cross Hospital in Wolverhampton.
The woman, who had been travelling in a black Citroen, suffered minor injuries while the male motorcyclist had suspected broken bones.
The road reopened around 6.40pm.
In a separate accident, a teenage cyclist was airlifted to hospital after a crash involving a car in Staffordshire.
The 16-year-old boy suffered serious injuries after the collision at the junction of Dimbles Lane and Francis Road in Lichfield yesterday at around 12.30pm.
He was taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham.
An ambulance and the Midlands Air Ambulance from Tatenhill in Staffordshire were sent to the scene.
West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman Claire Brown said: "A 16-year-old boy had been riding his BMX when he was reportedly in collision with a car.
"Upon assessment, ambulance staff found he had sustained lacerations to his face and arm, and fractures to his arm and leg.
"The teenager was given pain relief to stabilise his injuries and his wounds were dressed before ambulance staff carefully immobilised him with a neck collar, scoop stretcher and leg splint.
"The teenager was taken by ambulance to the awaiting helicopter, which had landed in a nearby cricket field, before being airlifted to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham."
