Girl seriously injured in Coventry car crash

It happened on the Sewall Highway yesterday afternoon

A young woman has been airlifted to hospital following a collision with a car in Coventry.

It happened yesterday on the Sewall Freeway shortly before 4 p.m.

West Midlands Ambulance Service says it was called to a report of a collision involving a pedestrian and a car.

An ambulance, paramedic officer and Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance responded to the scene and arrived within nine minutes.

A spokeswoman for West Midlands Ambulance Service said: “On arrival crews found a pedestrian, a girl, who had suffered potentially serious injuries following the collision. The team worked to administer trauma care to the girl to stabilize her condition before she was airlifted to Birmingham Children’s Hospital for further emergency care.”

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