Pedestrian seriously injured after being hit by a car in Coventry

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A man in his 30s suffered multiple injuries in the collision at the junction of Sky Blue Way and Walsgrave Road

A man suffered multiple serious injuries after he was hit by a car in Coventry last night.

West Midlands Ambulance Service got a 999 call to reports of a collision involving a pedestrian and a car at the junction of Sky Blue Way and Walsgrave Road, just before 11.30pm.

Police were also called to the scene and said an investigation has begun.

The man, aged in his 30s, was given trauma care at the roadside before being taken to University Hospital in Coventry.

The driver of the car was unhurt.

An ambulance service spokeswoman said: “The pedestrian, a man, was unconscious when ambulance staff arrived and had sustained multiple serious injuries.

“The team of medics worked quickly to administer trauma care at the roadside in order to stabilise his condition.

“The man was taken by land ambulance on blue lights to University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire for further trauma care.

“The car driver was assessed but uninjured.”

A West Midlands Police spokesman said: “Police were called to Sky Blue Way at around 11.20pm last night to a collision involving a car and a pedestrian.

“The pedestrian, a man in his 30s, was taken to hospital with serious injuries. An investigation is underway.”