Emergency services called after car overturns in Walsall
A car has overturned after "colliding with railings" at a traffic light junction in Walsall this morning.
The incident happened on the junction of Pleck Road and Wolverhampton Road just before 6.20am.
The driver of the car had removed himself from the vehicle before emergency services arrived and was checked over by an ambulance crew who were passing by.
A spokesman for West Midlands Fire Service said: "Walsall firefighters responded to an overturned car at the junction of Wolverhampton Road and Pleck Road.
"One fire engine was mobilised at around 6.20am and arrived in four minutes.
"It appears that the car had been in collision with railings at the traffic light junction.
"A man, who managed to get himself out of the vehicle before we arrived, was checked over by the ambulance service.
"We made the vehicle safe and left the scene just after 7am."
A spokeswoman for West Midlands Ambulance Service said: "A passingby ambulance crew came across a road traffic collision involving one car that had overturned at the junction of Pleck Road and Wolverhampton Road in Walsall at 6.17am.
"Ambulance staff assessed the driver, a man. He had sustained potentially serious injuries.
"He did not require further treatment and received self care advice from ambulance staff before being discharged at the scene.”
