Teenage cyclist hospitalised after Burnt Tree junction crash

Burnt Tree junction <i>(Image: GSV)</i>
Burnt Tree junction (Image: GSV)
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A teenage cyclist has been taken to hospital after a crash at a busy Black Country junction in Dudley.

West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS) have confirmed that they were called to reports of a collision involving a car and a cyclist at Burnt Tree junction at 11.53am this morning (Tuesday, October 27).

An ambulance and a MERIT trauma doctor with a critical care paramedic attended the scene of the incident.

On arrival, crews discovered a patient, a teenage male, who WMAS say was the cyclist.

The cyclist was treated for injuries 'not believed to be serious' before being taken to Russells Hall Hospital.

A WMAS spokesperson said: “We were called to reports of a collision involving a car and a cyclist at Burnt Tree junction at 11.53am.

“One ambulance and a MERIT trauma doctor with a critical care paramedic attended the scene.

“On arrival, we discovered one patient, a teenage male, who was the cyclist. He was treated for injuries not believed to be serious before being taken to Russells Hall Hospital.”

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