{"id":122279,"date":"2025-05-22T10:26:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T10:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/122279\/"},"modified":"2025-05-22T10:26:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T10:26:09","slug":"woman-seriously-injured-as-car-overturns-in-rush-hour-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/122279\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman &#8216;seriously injured&#8217; as car overturns in rush hour crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two cars collided on Gospel Lane in Acocks Green this morning<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1_2.jpg\" alt=\"Gospel Lane in Acocks Green is cordoned off following a collision\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Gospel Lane in Acocks Green is cordoned off following a collision<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A woman was taken to hospital with potentially serious injuries after a car overturned in a rush-hour collision in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Birmingham<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Police and paramedics were called to Gospel Lane in Acocks Green just after 8.40am today, Thursday, May 22, to a crash involving two cars.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">It happened outside a row of shops close to the junction of Brook Lane. Images from the scene showed one car resting on one side and a cordon placed across the road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">READ MORE:<\/strong><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/bin-lorries-blocked-leaving-depots-31697274\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"> Bin lorries blocked from leaving depots again as waste piles up around city<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">READ MORE: <\/strong><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/city-most-amazing-place-says-31693101?int_source=nba\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">City is &#8216;most amazing place&#8217; says new Lord Mayor who became a Brummie<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The driver of one of the vehicles was being cared for by an off-duty nurse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">She was treated for potentially serious injuries before she was taken to <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/queen-elizabeth-hospital\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Queen Elizabeth Hospital<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Another woman, from the other car, was also seen by paramedics and discharged at the roadside.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Get breaking news on<\/strong> <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/FJKVhwxllixI0DiCj9e2sk\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"[object Object] Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">BirminghamLive WhatsApp<\/strong> <\/a><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">, click the link to join<\/strong><\/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 two-car collision on Gospel Lane in Acocks Green at 8.42am and sent an ambulance, a paramedic officer and the service&#8217;s critical care car to the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;On arrival, crews found a woman, the driver of one of the cars, in the care of a nurse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/newsletter-preference-centre\/?view=Solus&amp;mailingListId=67ec6fc9-65d2-4b0c-b55e-ee73660ce693&amp;utm_source=solusarticle\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"[object Object]Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Get the latest BirminghamLive news direct to your inbox<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Crews treated her for potentially serious injuries and conveyed her to Queen Elizabeth Hospital under emergency driving conditions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;A second woman, from the second car, was assessed and discharged at the scene.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two cars collided on Gospel Lane in Acocks Green this morningGospel Lane in Acocks Green is cordoned off&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":122280,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[45883,855,748,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-122279","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-acocks-green","9":"tag-birmingham","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114551009194442382","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122279\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}