Elderly man killed in Coventry car crash

[dutchman]

An elderly man was killed when a van and car crashed in Coventry during rush hour on Wednesday.



The man driving the small car died shortly after the 9am collision near the Elephant and Castle pub in Alderman’s Green Road, Alderman’s Green.

A Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance was turned away when paramedics at the scene called to say nothing could be done for him.

An elderly passenger in the car suffered a dislocated shoulder in the two-vehicle smash and was taken by land ambulance to Nuneaton’s George Eliot Hospital.

The van driver suffered only minor injuries and was treated at the scene.

A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: “On arrival ambulance crews found a badly damaged small silver car that had been in collision with a white van.

“Unfortunately it was immediately obvious that there was nothing that could be done to save the driver of the car.

“He was confirmed dead at the scene.”