Taxi driver anaesthetised after Holbrooks horror crash that saw him trapped for nearly an hour

A taxi driver needed to be anaesthetised after a collision which saw him suspended in the air for nearly an hour.



These shocking images were captured shortly after the crash, which happened in St Luke's Road, Holbrooks , at around 10.30am.

Crews from all three emergency services arrived at the scene to find a taxi driver in his 40s with serious head, arm and leg injuries.

His taxi was trapped on top of another car and next to a garden wall.

According to paramedics the river was knocked unconscious by the force of the impact.

The other driver escaped with minor injuries.

A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: “The taxi driver, a man believed to be in his 40s, was trapped inside his vehicle. All three emergency services worked closely together in order to determine the best way to get him out and to safety.

“The man, who crews were told had initially been knocked unconscious in the incident, was conscious when ambulance staff arrived.

“He was cut free from the taxi, assessed and treated for a suspected head injury as well as right arm and right leg fractures.

“In order to stabilise the man’s condition he was anaesthetised at the scene by a doctor from the air ambulance crew before being transferred by land ambulance to University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire with a police escort.”

He added: “The driver of the car, a man believed to be 17-years-old, was out of his vehicle on arrival of ambulance staff and had escaped with very minor injuries.”

Taxi crash: Residents say "notorious" junction must be changed to avoid a fatality



People living near the scene of a horrific collision which left a taxi driver with serious injuries have urged the council to change the layout of the road before someone is killed.

Residents in St Luke’s Road, Holbrooks , say that there have been 60 accidents in the last 30 years due to speeding and the layout of the junction at Beacon Road.

Tuesday’s smash left a man in his 40s suspended in the air for nearly an hour.

He was initially knocked unconscious in the crash and required anaesthetising .

One resident took photographs of the nasty crash, which he said was the worst he had seen on the road in years.

Bhavesh Thaker, aged 52, said: “It was that loud it shook the windows and you could feel the impact.

“Yesterday’s accident was the most major. It was terrible.”

Mr Thaker described multiple other accidents that have taken place in the road over the past few years.

He said: “Three months ago there was another accident on the opposite side of the road. The car went into the back wall and did quite a bit of damage.

“There was another time when a slightly inebriated gentleman was walking across the road. The car came across the junction and pushed him into a wall.

“One man’s wall has been put in three times. Another has just taken his wall down because it was that bad.”

Mr Thaker explained that people who are not from the area often do not realise that they must give way at the junction as it is not clearly signposted.

He said give way signs were removed when the road was resurfaced and never replaced.

According to the Mr Thaker speeding is also a major issue in the road. He suspects that may have been a factor in the most recent accident.

He says the road is commonly used as a shortcut between Hen Lane and Lythalls Lane.

He added: “The residents who live here tend to go slow. They know it is a bad junction. These other people who don’t live down here use it as a short cut. This is becoming a concern.

“It used to be a quiet residential area and now it seems to have become a race course.”

Summing up the problems, Mr Thaker said: “One because of speeding, two because of the poorly lit street and three because there are no apparent markings that could be seen.”

Numerous residents have supposedly tried to reach out to local councillors and law enforcement, but with no success.

Mr Thaker said he hoped the council would now finally consider raising the junction or putting in speed bumps.

He said: “We don’t want a fatality here. We don’t want one anywhere.

“They don’t have to live with the consequences of the accidents and the damage done to property.”

The Telegraph understands that following the police investigation into the latest collision changes to the road could be considered.

Coventry City Council and West Midlands Police have been contacted for comment.