Pedestrian seriously hurt in Oldbury three-car crash

A male pedestrian has sustained potentially life-threatening injuries

A pedestrian has sustained potentially life-threatening injuries in a three-car crash.

It happened just before 18:55 GMT on Monday on Wolverhampton Road in Oldbury.

The injured man received advanced trauma care from ambulance staff before being taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham.

Police arrested a driver on suspicion of drug-driving but released them with no further action.

Det Sgt Paul Hughes, from West Midlands Police, said he believed the first two vehicles had been stationary following an earlier collision, before they were struck by a third.

"However, we need to carefully piece together all of the evidence," he said.

"I would therefore appeal to anyone who was on the Wolverhampton Road at that time and recalls seeing a collision or was travelling on the road with dashcam to contact us."

The officer asked people not to speculate on what had happened out of respect for those involved.