Pedestrian seriously hurt in motorway flyover crash - The Stratford Observer

Pedestrian seriously hurt in motorway flyover crash

Stratford Editorial 19th Aug, 2015 Updated: 28th Oct, 2016   0

A PEDESTRIAN was seriously injured after being hit by car on a motorway bridge near Warwick.

It happened on A46 flyover of the M40 from Sherbourne towards Coventry – where there is no footpath – around 10pm on Tuesday (August 18).

A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said “Crews arrived to find a man who had been struck by a car and suffered multiple serious injuries.

“The man, believed to in his 30s, received emergency treatment at the scene from medics for serious leg fractures and suspected pelvic injuries.




“The man was administered with pain relief and due to his injuries was sedated at the scene.

“Once his condition was stabilised he was transferred by land ambulance to University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire for further emergency treatment and a trauma team were awaiting his arrival.


“Unfortunately the man’s injuries were very serious.”

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