A CYCLIST was rushed to hospital with serious injuries following a crash in Halesowen. 

The collision, which involved a bicycle and a car, happened at just after 4pm on Tuesday (September 20) at the junction of Dunstall Road and Huntingtree Road in the Hayley Green area.

Two ambulances arrived three minutes after the initial call and were backed up by a paramedic officer and MERIT Trauma Doctor and critical care paramedic.

A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: “On arrival, crews found a middle aged man who had suffered serious injuries.

“The rear window of the car was smashed.

“The man received advanced trauma care at the scene before he was taken on blue lights to the Major Trauma Centre at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, where medic were on standby to receive him.”