WOMAN DIES AS LORRY AND A CAR COLLIDE ON A50

Man was taken to hospital in serious condition

A WOMAN has died after a car and a lorry collided on the A50.

Emergency services were called to a collision between a car and an HGV on the eastbound carriageway of the dual carriageway at Blythe Bridge.

Two air ambulances were among emergency crews sent to the scene. A woman from the car was pronounced dead and a second occupant, a man, was taken to the Royal Stoke University Hospital in a ‘serious condition’.

West Midlands Ambulance Service said air ambulances from Cosford and Tatenhill were dispatched, along with two land ambulances, a paramedic officer and a North Staffordshire BASICS doctor. The first crew arrived within six minutes.

A service spokeswoman said the accident happened at about 6.30pm on Thursday.

She added: “Crews found two patients from the car, with bystander CPR already in progress on one of them.

“The woman involved, who was receiving treatment from a member of the public, was in a critical condition.

“Crews took over her treatment and administered advanced trauma care. But despite everyone’s best efforts, nothing could be done to save her, and she was confirmed deceased.

“The second patient from the car, a man, was found to be in a serious condition from the collision. He was treated on scene before being conveyed on blue lights and sirens to the major trauma centre at Royal Stoke Hospital.

“The critical care doctor and critical care paramedic from Helimed03 travelled onboard the ambulance with the crew and patient, continuing treatment en route.”