{"id":114725,"date":"2025-05-19T16:03:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T16:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/114725\/"},"modified":"2025-05-19T16:03:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T16:03:14","slug":"hunt-for-driver-as-teenager-seriously-injured-in-collision-on-ladypool-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/114725\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunt for driver as teenager &#8220;seriously injured&#8221; in collision on Ladypool Road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A teenager has suffered &#8216;potentially serious&#8217; injuries following a collision on Ladypool Road<\/p>\n<p>15:41, 19 May 2025Updated 16:16, 19 May 2025<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0_NWP_BEM_190525Ladypool_01JPG.jpg\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>(Image: Nick Wilkinson\/Birmingham Live)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A hunt is underway to trace a driver after a teenager was struck by a car.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The boy was hit by a vehicle on Ladypool Road just before 12.10pm on Monday (May 19), which then left the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Paramedics treated him for &#8216;potentially serious injuries&#8217; before he was taken to hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/fast-food-burger-trailer-plan-31675288\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More: Fast food burger trailer plan for Stratford Road thrown out<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Ladypool Road is currently cordoned off in both sections by police as they conduct their enquiries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Traffic is being diverted and there is said to be minor disruption.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0_NWP_BEM_190525Ladypool_03JPG.jpg\" alt=\"Ladypool Road is cordoned off in both directions following a collision\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Ladypool Road is cordoned off in both directions following a collision(Image: Nick Wilkinson\/Birmingham Live)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A spokesman from <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/west-midlands-police\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">West Midlands Police<\/a> said: &#8220;We were called to a collision involving a car and a pedestrian in Ladypool Road at around 12.10pm today (19 May).<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;A teenage boy was taken to hospital with injuries which are not believed to be life-threatening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;The car left the scene following the collision and we&#8217;re carrying out enquiries to trace the vehicle and driver.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/west-midlands-ambulance-service\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">West Midlands Ambulance Service<\/a> said: &#8220;We were called to reports of a collision between a car and pedestrian on Ladypool Road at 12.08pm, one ambulance, a paramedic officer and the Trust\u2019s Critical Care Car attended the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;On arrival we discovered one patient, a teenage male who was the pedestrian.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;He was treated for potentially serious injuries before being taken to <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Birmingham<\/a> Children\u2019s Hospital.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Anyone with information is asked to contact us via Live Chat on our website, or by calling 101, and quote log 2156 of 19\/5\/25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A teenager has suffered &#8216;potentially serious&#8217; 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