{"id":636756,"date":"2025-12-16T21:20:41","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T21:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/636756\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T21:20:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T21:20:41","slug":"pair-rushed-to-hospital-after-crash-outside-marks-spencer-in-longbridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/636756\/","title":{"rendered":"Pair rushed to hospital after crash outside Marks &#038; Spencer in Longbridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The serious collision happened outside Marks &amp; Spencer on Longbridge High Street<\/p>\n<p>18:08, 16 Dec 2025Updated 18:08, 16 Dec 2025<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0_ZCR_BEM_161023marks.jpg\" alt=\"Marks &amp; Spencer in Longbridge Birmingham\" loading=\"eager\" \/>Marks &amp; Spencer in Longbridge Birmingham(Image: Google Street View)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A man and a woman were rushed to hospital after a two-car collision outside a <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Birmingham<\/a> Marks &amp; Spencer branch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The collision <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/longbridge-high-street-crash-live-33069659\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">happened on Longbridge High Street<\/a>, outside the store, at 2.36pm today, Tuesday, December 16.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Paramedics treated the man for &#8216;potentially serious injuries&#8217; at the scene before he was rushed to <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/queen-elizabeth-hospital\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Queen Elizabeth Hospital<\/a> on blue lights.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><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\/major-police-update-after-double-33068036\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Major police update after double stabbing and Lamborghini wrecked in Birmingham violence<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><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\/longbridge-high-street-crash-live-33069659\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Longbridge High Street crash live as two hurt outside Marks &amp; Spencer<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The woman, a passenger in one of the cars, was treated for injuries not thought to be serious.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">She was taken to the same hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A driver of a car involved in the collision stopped at the scene and was helping officers with their enquiries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">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=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">West Midlands Ambulance Service<\/a> spokesperson said: &#8220;We were called to reports of a collision involving two vehicles and a pedestrian on High Street at 2.36pm and sent two ambulances, three paramedic officers and the critical care car to the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;On arrival crews found a man, the pedestrian, who they treated for potentially serious injuries before conveying him under emergency driving conditions to Queen Elizabeth Hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;A woman, a passenger in one of the cars, was treated for injuries believed not to be serious and was also conveyed to Queen Elizabeth Hospital.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/west-midlands-police\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">West Midlands Police<\/a> spokesperson added: &#8220;We were called to Longbridge High Street shortly after 2.30pm today after a collision involving a car and a pedestrian. Officers attended and a man was taken to hospital, though his injuries were not thought to be life-threatening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;The driver of the car involved remained at the scene to help officers with their enquiries.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The serious collision happened outside Marks &amp; Spencer on Longbridge High Street 18:08, 16 Dec 2025Updated 18:08, 16&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":636757,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,38825,38826,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-636756","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-longbridge","13":"tag-rubery-and-rednal","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115731342499827238","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636756","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=636756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636756\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/636757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=636756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=636756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=636756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}