Lorry driver rushed to hospital after bus crash
Medics treated the driver on the A454 Willenhall Road before taking him to hospital for further assessment
08:07, 09 May 2025
A general view of the A454 Willenhall Road (Image: Google)A trucker was taken to hospital following a four-vehicle crash which involved a bus on a busy road.
The lorry driver was thought to have suffered a medical episode at the wheel.
Medics were called to Willenhall Road at 1.45pm yesterday, Thursday, May 8, following the collision involving two cars, a bus and a lorry.
They treated the lorry driver at the scene before he was taken to New Cross Hospital in Wolverhampton for further assessment. Get breaking news on BirminghamLive WhatsApp[2] , click the link to join No-one else was thought to have been hurt in the incident, a spokesperson for West Midlands Ambulance Service[3] said. They told BlackCountryLive: "We were called to a road traffic collision involving two cars, a bus and a lorry on Willenhall Road at 1.45pm. "Two ambulances and two paramedic officers attended the scene. On arrival we discovered one patient, a man who was the lorry driver. "Crews were told he suffered a suspected medical episode prior to the collision and following treatment, he was taken to New Cross Hospital for further assessment." Willenhall Road was closed following the crash as emergency personnel worked at the scene. It later reopened. First picture of 84mph BMW driver who killed mum and daughter in Boxing Day tragedy[4] Birmingham stabbing probe launched after Great Barr bus stop incident[5]References