Three men are critically ill in hospital today following two separate accidents which happened just five minutes apart.

A pedestrian is today fighting for his life after being knocked down by a bus in Coseley.

The man, aged 20, suffered head injuries in the accident in Bayer Street at around 11.50 last night.

West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman Chris Kowalik said the hospital had been put on alert to wait for the patient’s arrival because of the seriousness of his injuries. His condition was today described as critical.

Two men were taken to hospital after a car crashed into a wall and a lamp post in Stourbridge last night.

Emergency services received numerous calls to the crash which also happened just before midnight outside the Starving Rascal pub in Brettell Lane.

A Subaru Impreza crashed into a wall that backs on to a block of flats near the junction with Harrison Road. The men, aged 30, and 26, were taken to Russells Hall Hospital, with multiple injuries and both were said today to be in a critical condition. The road was closed both ways between the Oak Park Road junction and the Clockfields Drive junction in Amblecote.