Elderly woman seriously injured in Coseley crash


An elderly woman was seriously injured after being struck by a car in Coseley this afternoon.
It happened on Bourne Street, Roseville, at around 1.10pm.
The road was closed between Glenfern Road and Bond Street.
West Midlands Police spokesman Lee Page said: "She has very serious injuries that are potentially life changing or life threatening and has been taken to hospital.
"Officers are at the scene to do accident reconstruction work."
West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman, Claire Brown, said the woman, believed to be in her 80s, was conscious and breathing but had sustained multiple serious injuries.
She added paramedics and the doctor gave her pain relief at the scene and she was taken to Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
Anyone with information has been asked to contact West Midlands Police on 101.