A MAN has been taken to hospital after he was badly hurt during a serious crash in Cradley.

The incident occurred in Cradley Road at just after 9pm last night (November 18)..

Two ambulances together with a paramedic officer in a rapid response vehicle and the MERIT team attended the scene.

A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: “Crews arrived to find a pedestrian had been in collision with a car, which in turn had collided with the wall of a public house.

“A man believed to be in his 40s was treated for serious pelvic and leg injuries.

“The patient was immobilised with the use of leg splints, a neck collar and placed on a spinal board before he was conveyed to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital further assessment and treatment.

“The driver of the car, a man thought to be in his 30s, was treated for a head injury and also taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.”