Woman loses teeth in freak Birmingham crash
A woman has lost several teeth and suffered a suspected fractured pelvis and arm in a freak road accident today.
The pedestrian, who is in her 40s, was in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter in Vyse Street when a reversing car mounted the pavement and hit her, before colliding with a shop front at around 11.30am.
It also hit another person, believed to be the woman's partner.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: "When ambulance crews arrived, they found a car which had struck the wall of a shop
"Two pedestrians had also been in collision with the car.
"One pedestrian, a woman in her 40s, sustained arm fractures, a suspected pelvic fracture, a leg injury and facial injuries which resulted in several teeth being knocked out.
"Ambulance crews gave the woman pain relief before they assessed and cleaned her facial injuries and immobilised her arm into a support sling.
"Due to suspected pelvic injuries, the ambulance crews placed the woman onto a spinal board to prevent further movement. The woman was taken to City Hospital for further emergency treatment.
"A second pedestrian, a man believed to be the woman's partner, was assessed by ambulance staff and was found to have suffered a knee injury. He accompanied the woman to hospital in the same ambulance.
"The driver of the car, an elderly man, was uninjured."
