Teenage boy fighting for life after being hit by ambulance in Walsall
Fifteen-year-old struck as paramedics responding to 999 call
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Your support makes all the difference.A teenage boy is fighting for life in hospital after being hit by an ambulance responding to a 999 call.
The 15-year-old was struck by the emergency services vehicle as it was on blue lights responding to an incident in Walsall, West Midlands, on Monday evening.
He was taken to hospital by air amublance with serious head injuries after the collision.
Police say he remains in a critical condition in hospital.
"The ambulance crew were assessed but were unhurt, though badly shaken – support will be provided to them," West Midland Ambulance Service said in a statement.
They added that a second ambulance was sent to the original call.
Sergeant Alan Wood, of West Midlands Police, said: “It is important for everyone involved that we piece together the events that led to the collision.
“I would appeal directly to anyone who saw what happened and has not yet contacted us, or may have caught the collision on a dash-cam, to get in touch.”
Police have asked anyone with information to contact the serious collision investigation unit via email on FL_COLLISION_INVEST@west-midlands.pnn.police.uk, via live chat at west-midlands.police.uk between 8am and midnight, or by calling 101 anytime quoting log 1980 of 13 May.
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