Seriously injured motorcyclist taken to hospital after crash with car

The air ambulance was among emergency services called to Walsall Road in Great Wyrley, near the junction with Wharwell Lane, just after 7.40am where they found the two vehicles involved in the collision.

After treating the motorcyclist for serious injuries at the scene he was taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham for further treatment.

A spokeswoman for West Midlands Ambulance Service said: "We were called to reports of an RTC on Walsall Road, Great Wyrley just before 7.40am.

"An ambulance, paramedic officer and the Midlands Air Ambulance from Cosford were sent to the scene where, on arrival, crews discovered a motorbike and a car had been involved in a collision.