Man fighting for his life after being hit by a lorry outside Royal Stoke University Hospital

A man is in a serious condition following a road traffic collision near Royal Stoke University Hospital this morning. West Midlands Ambulance Service was called to reports of a collision involving a pedestrian and a lorry just outside the hospital on the A34 Newcastle Road, Stoke on Trent, at 9.11am (Tuesday). Two ambulances and a paramedic officer were sent to the scene. A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: “Ambulance staff arrived to find a pedestrian, a man, who had sustained serious injuries following a collision with a lorry. “The man was given trauma care on scene before being transferred by ambulance on blue lights to the nearby hospital for further emergency care.”