Several people were seriously injured when a coach crashed into a motorway bridge last night.
Six ambulances, four paramedic officers, the Trust’s Hazardous Area Response Team and a trauma doctor were among the teams sent to the scene of the accident on the M6 in Warwickshire, near Coventry.
Twelve people were eventually rushed to hospital with injuries, according to emergency services, while the driver had to be cut free from the wreckage.
A spokesman for West Midlands Ambulance Service said: "On arrival crews discovered multiple patients, including a man who was a passenger on the coach, in a serious condition.
“He received specialist trauma care at the scene before being taken on blue lights to University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire.
“The driver of the coach, a man, had to be freed with assistance from the fire service whilst receiving treatment by medics, a process which took approximately two hours.
"He, together with a third man, who was a passenger, were both treated for potentially serious injuries before being taken to the same hospital.
“A further nine patients from the coach were treated for injuries not believed to be serious before being taken to George Eliot and Warwick Hospitals.
“A number of other passengers on the coach were assessed and discharged at the scene.”
