Boy, 9, severely injured after being crushed between a car, shopping trolley and supermarket wall

Adapted from DailyMail

A nine-year-old boy is severely injured in hospital after being crushed between a car, a shopping trolley and a wall in a supermarket car park.

Emergency services were called to an Aldi store in Donnington, Telford, yesterday morning after the child was struck by a car in the supermarket car park.

He suffered serious injuries to both legs and was treated at the scene in Telford by paramedics from West Midlands Ambulance Service.

An Air Ambulance then landed on a nearby football field, halting a match, so the boy could be airlifted to University Hospital North Staffordshire Major Trauma Unit.

West Midlands Ambulance Service today said the boy was taken to hospital in a neck collar and spinal board.

They added the woman driving the car was 'extremely distressed' by the incident which happened on Saturday morning.

A spokesman said: 'Crews arrived to find a nine-year-old boy believed to have been crushed between a car, a shopping trolley and a wall on the car park.

The boy received emergency treatment at the scene for serious injuries to both legs. He received pain relief and both legs were placed in splints. He was also immobilised using a neck collar and spinal board.

'The boy was airlifted to University Hospital North Staffordshire Major Trauma Unit for further emergency treatment. The hospital had been pre-alerted to the child’s injuries and his imminent arrival.

'The driver of the car, a woman believed to be in her 50’s, was uninjured but extremely distressed. She was cared for by ambulance crews but did not require further treatment.

'The air ambulance landed at a nearby park. We would like to thank the players of a football match for their understanding in disturbing their game to allow the child to be airlifted to hospital.'