Man dies after crash at busy Walsall junction
A man has died after a crash at a busy junction in Walsall.
Paramedics battled to revive the driver at the scene – a man in his late 50s – after he was said to be in cardiac arrest.
He was taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham where he died today.
A flurry of 999 calls were made after the incident involving two cars near the junction of Wednesbury Road and Corporation Street in Caldmore on Sunday at 9.45pm.
A wall was destroyed in the crash and was partly cordoned off today.
West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman, Claire Brown, said: “While treating the man, he deteriorated further and suffered a cardiac arrest. The team worked quickly to provide advanced life support to the man and they successfully managed to restart his heart.”
However West Midlands Police confirmed that the man died at hospital yesterday morning.
The driver of a second car, a woman aged in her 40s, suffered minor arm, back and abdominal injuries.
She was taken to Walsall Manor Hospital for further assessment and treatment.
A relative of the victim said that he lived near the scene of the crash, adding: “We are in shock. He was a guy who would never hurt anyone.”
Kawsar Miah, who owns the house where the wall was knocked down and lives a few doors down, said: “I instantly thought it must be a fatality.”
Sapna Begum, who lives in Wednesbury Road, said: “I immediately just thought something really, really bad has happened. I have never seen or heard anything like it – we were shaken by it. The ambulance crews and police blocked the whole road off.
“The fire brigade was here too. Everything was covered in bricks. They could not get him out, he was stuck and the car was damaged. They cut the car open. There was debris all over the road.”
Resident Rahima Begum said: “My sister was getting into bed at the time of the crash and she said she could feel the floor boards shaking – she said the whole house shook.
“She jumped up as the car was parked outside and she said there were bricks everywhere.”
A spokeswoman for West Midlands Police said the circumstances surrounding the crash were being investigated. Anyone with information can call police on 101, quoting log 2522 of March 25.
