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Motorcyclist killed in A41 crash near Codsall

A motorcyclist has been killed after a crash with a car on a major trunk road near Codsall.

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The accident, between a Peugeot 307 and a motorbike, happened at about 7.30pm on the A41 between Albrighton and Codsall.

The victim has not been formally identified.

West Midlands Ambulance spokesman Jamie Arrowsmith said: "Crews arrived to find a man in cardiac arrest following a collision between a motorbike and a car.

"A number of off duty medics were already on scene and had commenced CPR.

"Ambulance crews then commenced advanced life support, but unfortunately it quickly became apparent that nothing could be done to save the man and he was confirmed dead at the scene.

"The driver of the car was uninjured."

The road was closed for several hours after the crash.

Passing motorist Mark Andrews said he was at the scene before police and ambulance arrived.

He said: "I was driving along when I found myself in a line of traffic, and somebody knocked on the window and asked if I had a first aid kit.

"Police closed the road and an ambulance arrived and a man was put on a stretcher. There was traffic backing up."

The road was closed in both directions between the Kingswood Road junction and the A464 Holyhead Road junction.

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