A WOMAN in her 60s has been taken to hospital with a suspected fractured leg following a collision with a car in Stourbridge this morning.
The incident happened near the Co-operative supermarket on The Broadway, Norton, just before 11.45am.
The woman, who was a pedestrian, was given pain relief for a fractured leg and head lacerations.
An ambulance, together with a paramedic support officer in a rapid response vehicle and the Midlands Air Ambulance from Cosford attended the scene.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: “A pedestrian was treated for her injuries following a collision with a car in Stourbridge this morning.
“The woman in her sixties was treated for a fractured leg and head lacerations.
“She was given pain relief and placed on an orthopaedic stretcher before being taken by land ambulance to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital for further assessment and treatment.
“The male driver of the car was uninjured.”
More information to follow.
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