Driver killed and boy hurt in day of crashes across region
A man was killed, two police officers injured and four others including an eight-year-old boy hurt in a day of chaos on the roads.
The driver of a silver convertible Vauxhall suffered a fatal heart attack after he was flung from his car in a head-on collision on the A5 near Cannock at 11.20am on Saturday.
The fatal crash on the A5 near Norton Canes led to the six-hour closure of a stretch of road between the B4154 Norton Canes and the M6 Toll near Cannock.
Earlier in the day two police officers were rushed to hospital after their patrol car veered off the road and plunged down a 9ft verge in Brownhills just before 4am.
A male officer who was driving the car, thought to be in his late 20s, suffered neck and back injuries and had to be cut from the vehicle.
He was trapped for about 45 minutes before he was freed and taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham for further emergency treatment.
A woman officer, also believed to be in her 20s, was out of the vehicle when paramedics arrived and was treated at the scene for neck, back, wrist and suspected pelvic injuries.
She was taken to the University Hospital North Staffordshire Major Trauma Unit for further treatment.
Neither is thought to have suffered life-changing or life-threatening injuries.
