Air Ambulance Called To Cyclist in Church Stretton

A young male required trauma care from ambulance staff this morning after coming of his bicycle in Shropshire.

West Midlands Ambulance Service was called to Sandford Avenue in Church Stretton, Shropshire at 8.30am today (Thursday). Two ambulances and the Midlands Air Ambulance from Cosford with a MERIT doctor on board attended the scene.

A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: “Crews arrived to find a cyclist, a girl, who had reportedly fallen off her bike and had sustained potential serious injuries. She was given a full assessment on scene and her condition treated. Once stabilised she was taken by land ambulance on blue lights to Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham for further trauma care.”