Man crushed at Stratford canal
A man who was crushed between a canal boat and the canal bank in Stratford was airlifted to hospital on Saturday morning.
The incident, which occurred close to Stratford’s Premier Inn on Birmingham Road just after 9am, resulted in a 35-year-old man suffering pelvic injuries.
An ambulance, the Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance and a paramedic in a rapid response vehicle, were sent to the scene and the casualty was airlifted to the major trauma unit at University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire.
Warwickshire Police were called at 9.30am to assist with traffic management on Birmingham Road and the air ambulance landed in the Arden Street car park.
The man was out of the canal by the time the ambulance service arrived.
The extent of the man’s injuries are not known but a spokesperson for the ambulance service said they were potentially serious.
