{"id":19928,"date":"2025-04-14T18:55:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T18:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/19928\/"},"modified":"2025-04-14T18:55:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T18:55:11","slug":"man-rushed-to-hospital-after-cradley-heath-hit-and-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/19928\/","title":{"rendered":"Man rushed to hospital after Cradley Heath hit-and-run"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The victim, who is in his 30s, was struck by a car that &#8216;didn&#8217;t stop&#8217; on Barrs Road<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0_KA_BEM140425_cradleyheathJPG.jpg\" alt=\"Barrs Road, Cradley Heath\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Barrs Road, Cradley Heath<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A man was rushed to hospital following a hit-and-run in Cradley Heath.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The victim, who is in his 30s, was struck by a car that &#8216;didn&#8217;t stop&#8217; on Barrs Road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Police and medics were called to the scene at around 7.30pm on Saturday, April 12.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/black-country\/aldridge-car-body-shop-fire-31420159\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Aldridge car body shop fire sees 40 firefighters sent to scene<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Paramedics treated the casualty for &#8216;potentially serious&#8217; face and leg injuries before taking him to Dudley&#8217;s Russells Hall Hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A <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> spokesperson said: &#8220;We were called to reports of a road traffic collision involving a car and a pedestrian on Barrs Road, Cradley Heath, at 7.28pm on Saturday and sent an ambulance to the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;On arrival, crews found a man who they treated for potentially serious injuries before conveying him to Russells Hall Hospital.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/black-country\/rogue-landlord-who-rowley-regis-31418262\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Rogue landlord who let Rowley Regis tenants live in &#8216;dangerous&#8217; conditions fined \u00a32.2k<\/a><\/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-police\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">West Midlands Police<\/a> was now appealing for anyone with information about the incident to come forward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A force spokesperson added: &#8220;We\u2019re carrying out investigations after a man was hit by a car which didn&#8217;t stop on Barrs Road, Cradley Heath, around 7.30pm on Saturday, April 12.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;The man, in his 30s, was taken to hospital with face and leg injuries.&#8221;<\/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=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Don&#8217;t miss the biggest and breaking stories by signing up to the BirminghamLive newsletter here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Police urged anyone that can help the investigation to get in touch via <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"http:\/\/www.west-midlands.police.uk\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Live Chat<\/a> on its website.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Alternatively, people can call 101 quoting log 4154 of 12 April.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The victim, who is in his 30s, was struck by a car that &#8216;didn&#8217;t stop&#8217; 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