A WOMAN is in a serious condition in hospital after falling from the window of a high-rise building in Oldbury.
Paramedics were called to Wallace Close at 8.31am yesterday (Monday September 16) to reports of a woman who had fallen from height.
She was taken to the QE where she remains in a serious condition.
A spokesperson for West Midlands Ambulance Service said: "On arrival we discovered one patient, a woman.
"She was found to be in a serious condition and ambulance staff immediately began administering specialist trauma care at the scene.
"The patient was then transferred to Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham."
Two ambulances, two paramedic officers, a MERIT trauma doctor with a critical care paramedic, the Trust’s Hazardous Area Response Team and the Midlands Air Ambulance Critical Care Car attended the scene.
A West Midlands Police spokesperson said: "We were called to an address in Wallace Close, Oldbury, yesterday (Monday) at around 8.30am, following reports a woman had fallen from a building.
"A woman was taken to hospital with serious injuries, where she remains in a serious condition."
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