Woman airlifted with multiple injuries and hypothermia after struck by branch in Staffordshire
A woman is being treated for multiple serious injuries and hypothermia after she was struck by a falling branch this morning.
Ambulance crews were called to the incident in Burton Road, Whittington, Lichfield, at around 11.15am after the woman was found hurt by a passer-by.
The woman, thought to be in her 50s, was treated for head, abdominal, hip and back injuries. She was also treated for hypothermia before being airlifted to the major trauma centre at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham.
West Midlands Ambulance communications officer Suzie Wheaton said: "Ambulance crews were called to reports of a woman who had become injured after a large tree branch had fallen on her. The woman was discovered by a passer-by who alerted the service to the incident.
"On arrival at the scene, crews found a woman, lying on the floor with a tree branch over her lower legs.
"The woman, believed to be in her 50's, was treated for head, abdominal, hip and back injuries. She was also treated for hypothermia. The woman was fully immobilised at the scene and given pain relief before being airlifted to the major trauma centre at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham for further assessment and specialist treatment."
