Paramedics restarted a nine-year-old boy's heart at the roadside after a serious crash in Kings Norton, Birmingham. The child, a passenger in one of the cars, remains in hospital in a critical condition.
Crash and immediate response
Emergency services were called to the junction of Sisefield Road and Primrose Hill at around 6pm on Tuesday, July 29, following reports of a two-car collision. An off-duty nurse and police officers had already performed CPR on the boy when ambulance crews arrived.
A team from West Midlands Ambulance Service took over resuscitation, administering advanced life support. The service confirmed that this successfully restarted the boy's heart.
Hospital and arrests
The boy was rushed by land ambulance on blue lights and sirens to Birmingham Children’s Hospital for further emergency care. West Midlands Police arrested a man and a woman at the scene on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
Ambulance service resources included two ambulances, two paramedic officers, a trauma team, a critical care paramedic, and the Midlands Air Ambulance.
Other casualties
The driver of the same car, a woman, sustained injuries believed not to be serious. She was treated at the scene before being taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham. Two occupants of the second car, a man and a woman, suffered minor injuries and were left in the care of police.
