A young man was taken to hospital after his car collided with a tree at the junction of Coleshill Road and Bentley Common in Bentley by Atherstone just before 11.00pm, Tuesday (February 14).

An ambulance, a rapid response vehicle and a paramedic area support officer were sent to the scene.

 A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: "The driver's side of the car had collided with the tree.  It had suffered massive intrusion into the driver's side.

 "The front seat passenger, a 22 year old woman, managed to get out of the vehicle and was uninjured.

"The driver, a 22-year-old male, tried to get out of the passenger side of the car but collapsed in the footwell of the passenger side.

"He had suffered a potentially serious head injury.  Due to his condition ambulance staff rapidly extricated him from the car with assistance of firefighters – no cutting was required.

"The man was immobilised using a neck collar and spinal board before being taken on blue lights to University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire."