Car collides with bus stop outside A&E Department

One man has been injured after a car crashed into a bus stop outside a busy A&E Department in the early hours.

The crash happened close to Russells Hall Hospital on the High Street, Pensnett

Ambulance crews who were at the A&E Department were flagged down by a member of the public at about 2.55am on Saturday morning.

One of them walked to the scene but quickly asked for back up and a further ambulance was sent to the scene.

A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: “When ambulance staff arrived they found a badly damaged car and bus stop.

“The occupant of the car, a man in his 20s, had suffered a potentially serious head injury. He was quickly taken into Russells Hall for stabilisation.”