A MAN has died after suffering a medical emergency on a bus in Oldbury this morning (Thursday June 9).
Bystanders had tried to perform CPR and emergency medics rushed to the scene in Halesowen Street after being alerted just after 9.30am.
Despite their best efforts, however, nothing could be done to save the man and he was confirmed to have died at the scene.
West Midlands Ambulance Service confirmed it sent two ambulances, a paramedic officer and a MERIT trauma doctor and critical care paramedic to the incident after being called at 9.34am.
A spokesperson for the ambulance service told the News: "Crews arrived to find bystanders performing CPR on a man in a critical condition.
"Ambulance staff administered advanced life support but sadly, despite the best efforts of everyone on scene, nothing could be done to save the man and he was confirmed deceased a short time later."
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