Fractured skull fear for boy, 7

Saturday 10th April 2010, 11:30AM BST.

A seven-year-old boy suffered a suspected fractured skull in a collision with a car on a Telford road.The youngster, who has not been named, was taken to the town’s Princess Royal Hospital to be assessed by medical staff after the incident involving a Ford Ka yesterday shortly after 6pm in Donnington. It led to Queen’s Road being closed for about 20 minutes.

Chris Kowalik, of the West Midlands Ambulance Service, said: “A seven-year-old boy was injured in a collision with a car in Telford.

“We were called to Queen’s Road in Donnington shortly after 6pm. An emergency care practitioner in a rapid response vehicle attended along with an ambulance crew.

“The boy sustained a head injury and was mobilised with the use of a spinal board and a neck collar and taken to the Princess Royal Hospital for further assessment and treatment.”

Martyn Barnes, West Mercia Force duty inspector, said they were treating the incident as a “serious injury road traffic accident”.

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