A MAN was fighting for his life after suffering a cardiac arrest in a car in Halesowen.

Medics raced to the scene at the junction of Spies Lane and Shenstone Valley Road at 10.07am this morning (Wednesday June 9).

The man, a passenger in a car, was given advanced life support at the scene before being rushed to the QE, where he was in a critical condition.

The road, near the Quinton border, was closed and police redirected traffic while medics fought to save the man. 

A spokesman for West Midlands Ambulance said: "We were called to reports of a patient in cardiac arrest in a car at the junction of Spies Lane and Shenstone Valley Road, near Quinton at 10.07am this morning.

"Two ambulances, two critical care paramedics and a paramedic officer attended the scene.

"The man, a passenger in a car, was given advanced life support by the team of medics before being conveyed on alert to Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham where his condition, on arrival, was critical."