FIVE people have been injured – two seriously – after a collision near a village in Rugby Borough last night (Thursday June 19).
West Midlands Ambulance Service was called at 11.04pm to the A426 Southam Road between Dunchurch and Southam after a blue Vauxhall Corsa came off the road and hit a tree.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: “One man, who was found out of the car, was in a critical condition and ambulance staff immediately administered advanced trauma care.
“He was conveyed to University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire.
“A second man was treated by medics for serious injuries and taken to the same hospital.
“Three further patients, a man and two teenage girls, were treated for injuries not believed to be serious before they were all conveyed to University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire.”
Police have arrested an 18-year-old man on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving, and are appealing for witnesses to come forward.
A Warwickshire Police spokesperson said: “Enquiries into the collision are ongoing and we’re keen to hear from anyone who was driving along the road or who saw the car and the way it was being driven before the collision.”
Anyone with information is asked to report it online via www.warwickshire.police.uk/ro/report, quoting incident number 494 of June 18.
