Pedestrian still critical after Dudley town centre bus crash

A pedestrian who was hit by a bus in Dudley yesterday is still critically ill in hospital.

The man, in his 50s, was taken to hospital after being injured in the crash on Castle Street at around 3.45pm.

Police this morning confirmed he remained in a serious condition.

An air ambulance was sent to the town centre but the injured man was taken to the major trauma centre at Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital by land ambulance.

Paramedics were at the scene for around 90 minutes and witnesses said the National Express bus involved stayed on Castle Street until the medical teams left.

Castle Street, Tower Street and New Street were all shut to vehicles for several hours as police investigated the crash.

Police tape was also blocking the junction of Castle Street and Fisher Street, near the bus station, for pedestrians.

Jamie Arrowsmith, spokesman for West Midlands Ambulance Service, said yesterday: "We were called at 3.46pm to Castle Street to reports of a collision between a bus and a pedestrian.

"We sent one ambulance, two paramedic officers and the Midlands Air Ambulance critical care car and the Midlands Air Ambulance from Cosford.

"A man in his 50s was treated at the scene for serious injuries and taken on blue lights to Queen Elizabeth Hospital."