\n A man in his 60s who was a passenger in the council vehicle was pronounced dead at the scene following the smash in Mill Street, Leominster, at 6.40am today (Tuesday November 11).\n<\/p>\n
\n The driver and another passenger were taken to hospital for treatment for injuries which are not believed to be life-threatening.\n<\/p>\n
\n Superintendent Helen Wain, of West Mercia Police, said: \u201cShortly after 6.40am this morning emergency services responded to a report a bin lorry had collided with a building in Mill Street in Leominster.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Three people were in the vehicle at the time of the collision and it has now been confirmed that sadly a man in his 60s, who was a passenger, was pronounced dead at the scene.\n<\/p>\n
\n “The driver and a second passenger were treated at the scene by paramedics and taken to hospital for treatment.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Their injuries are not thought to be life-threatening.\n<\/p>\n
\n “The building was empty and no one else was injured.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cOn behalf of all agencies, our thoughts and condolences are with those involved and families affected by the incident.”\n<\/p>\n
\n The bin lorry crashed into the side of a house (Image: Emma Trimble \/ SWNS)\n<\/p>\n
\n West Midlands Ambulance Service said the occupants of the bin lorry had became trapped inside the vehicle following the crash.\n<\/p>\n
\n One man could not be saved despite the efforts of medics while two others were left “seriously injured.”\n<\/p>\n
\n The service said it received multiple 999 calls at around 6.45am reporting a refuse lorry had collided with a residential property on Mill Street.\n<\/p>\n
\n The Midlands Air Ambulances from Strensham and Cosford were sent to the scene.\n<\/p>\n
\n A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: \u201cAmbulance staff arrived on scene to find a significant RTC where three occupants were trapped in a bin lorry which had collided with a house.\n<\/p>\n
\n “No occupants were inside the house at the time of the collision.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cDue to structural damage to the house, all three emergency service colleagues worked rapidly together to safely extricate the three patients.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cSadly, one male passenger was confirmed deceased on scene.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThe driver, a man, received trauma care by ambulance staff for serious injuries before being airlifted to Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham for further emergency care.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cA second male passenger also received trauma care for serious injuries by WMAS before being airlifted to the same hospital for further trauma care.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Residents spoke of their shock at the man’s death.\n<\/p>\n
\n Dad-of-one Cole Porter, 33, said: “We knew it was serious due to the amount of police and emergency services here.\n<\/p>\n
\n “It’s absolutely tragic, those guys just out doing their jobs and now one of them isn’t going back to their family.\n<\/p>\n
\n “It looked a horrendous scene and your heart just goes out to all involved really.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Another local resident, who wished to remain anonymous, added: “It’s really shocking and there’s been a lot of damage to the property.\n<\/p>\n
\n “It must have gone really far into the building as well, the emergency services did a good job but it’s just extremely sad a man has lost his life.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man in his 60s who was a passenger in the council vehicle was pronounced dead at the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":563953,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-563952","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563952","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=563952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563952\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/563953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=563952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=563952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=563952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}