Child seriously injured after being hit by a bus in Coventry

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Friday, February 8th, 2019 8:06am

By Lindsey Alder @linds_alder

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A child has been seriously injured following a collision with a bus in Coventry.

West Midlands Ambulance Service was called to Stoney Stanton Road at 6.16pm on Thursday 7th February and sent two ambulances, a paramedic officer and the Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance Critical Care Car to the scene.

A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: “Crews arrived to find a girl who was seriously injured following a collision with a bus.

“She received treatment at the scene, including specialist trauma care, before being transported to Birmingham Children’s Hospital in a serious condition.

“Nobody else was injured in the incident.”

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