Woman seriously injured in two-car crash - teenager and two children also hurt
A seriously injured woman was one of five people hurt in a two-car crash on Wednesday evening.
Emergency services were called to Dartmouth Road in Smethwick at around 5.49pm, with the seriously hurt woman needed to be cut out of her vehicle.
Five patients were discovered by ambulance crew upon arrival, including a woman who was treated for potentially serious injuries before being taken to hospital.
A spokesman for West Midlands Ambulance Service, said: "We were called to reports of a two-car RTC on Dartmouth Road at 5.49pm.
"Three ambulances and a paramedic officer attended the scene. On arrival we discovered a total of five patients.
"A woman was treated for potentially serious injuries before being taken to Sandwell Hospital. A man, the driver of one of the cars, was treated for injuries not believed to be serious before being taken to City Hospital.
"A female teenager, a boy and a girl were all treated for injuries not believed to be serious before being taken to Sandwell Hospital on the same ambulance."
West Midlands Fire Service sent a fire engine and a 4x4 brigade response vehicle, crewed by eight firefighters from Handsworth and Smethwick stations.
A spokesperson said: "One driver freed himself from his vehicle prior to our arrival and was treated by paramedics at the scene.
"A woman was trapped by her injuries but was freed from her vehicle by firefighters, who used cutting equipment. Three children exited the vehicle prior to our arrival.
"All four people are believed to have been conveyed to Sandwell General Hospital. Dartmouth Road was shut in both directions for a time, whilst crews worked at the scene.
"We handed the incident over to the police after making all cars safe, and left this incident at 7.09pm."
