Driver found in Walsall ditch next to suspected stolen car after railings crash
An injured driver was taken to hospital after being found in a ditch near a suspected stolen car that had crashed into a fence.
Paramedics were called to the junction of Upper Rushall Street and Town Hill in Walsall at 3.48am on Monday after receiving reports of a single-car crash.
Ambulance staff arrived to find a car had left the road and crashed into a fence, and said the man needed advanced trauma care.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: “When ambulance staff arrived on scene they found a car which had left the road and collided with a fence. The driver, a man, was out of the vehicle and in a ditch. The team of ambulance staff assessed the man and found he had sustained serious injuries and was in a critical condition.
"They commenced advanced trauma care whilst working closely with fire colleagues to extricate the man rapidly from the ditch.
“Once stabilised, the man was conveyed on blue lights to Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham for further emergency care.”
West Midlands Police said the suspected stolen car had earlier been pursued by officers, "but this had been abandoned before the collision".
In a statement a force spokesman said: "The man from the vehicle has sustained injuries which are not life-threatening.
"The force’s Professional Standards Department has been informed, as is routine in such matters."
Two paramedic officers, an ambulance crew and a MERIT trauma doctor and critical care paramedic attended the scene.
