Man suffers head injury after being hit by car in Smethwick crash
A man suffered a head injury after he was hit by a car in the Black Country this afternoon.
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The accident happened at the junction of Tollhouse Way and Rolfe Street, in Smethwick, at around 1.30pm.
First to arrive on scene was a community paramedic who was driving nearby in the aftermath of the accident.
The Midlands Air Ambulance was also sent initially to help the pedestrian, a man believed to be aged in his 70s.
West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman Chris Kowalik said the man was immobilised on a spinal board before he was taken by road to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham.
"Initially thought to have been knocked unconscious, his condition was described as improving en-route to the hospital," he added.
