Girl, aged 10, and woman hurt in Cannock Chase accidents

The young girl came off her horse about 2.20pm only for the animal to fall on her.

She suffered head and neck injuries and was immobilised by ambulance crews using a neck collar and spinal board and later taken to Royal Stoke University Hospital.

While paramedics were at the scene, a woman in her 30s had come off her bike on the Sherbrook Trail suffering a broken right arm, facial injuries and gravel rash.

The woman, from Telford, was given pain relief and had her arm put in a splint before being taken to County Hospital.

A West Midlands Ambulance Spokesperson said: "Due to the location, having to get an ambulance down a dirt track and the difficulties getting an exact location, it did take just over half an hour for the crew to get there.

"The girl was complaining of head and neck injuries and was immobilised using a neck collar and spinal board.

"The crew requested assistance and the paramedic area support officer (ASO) was sent to the scene in a 4×4 vehicle.

"Unfortunately, as he got to about three miles away from the location, he was flagged down by a mountain bike rider.

"The man was just about to dial 999 after the woman he was out riding with had come off her bike as they were riding on the Sherbrook Trail. She had suffered a broken right arm, facial injuries and gravel rash. The crews said, had she not been wearing a cycle helmet, her head injuries would have been more severe.

"As a result, an ambulance was dispatched to the second location. The woman who was in her 30s and from Telford had her arm splinted and was given pain relief before being taken to County Hospital in Stafford.

"As soon as the second crew arrived the ASO continued on to the first case.

"Together with the crew, the girl was carried down a grass track to the ambulance from where she was taken to the Royal Stoke University Hospital."