A woman has been left fighting for her life after a van apparently being pursued by police careered onto a golf course and hit her.
Paramedics were called at 10.26am to reports a pedestrian had been critically injured after being run down at Aston Wood Golf Club, north of Birmingham.
She was taken by air ambulance to the city’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital where she is said to be in a life-threatening condition.
Police have yet to confirm the precise details of the incident, but reports and eyewitness accounts suggest she was hit by van being pursed by two police cars.
The van is reported to have left the A4026 between Sutton Coldfield and Shenstone, before careering up a bank to the side of the entrance road.
The golf course was hosting a wake shortly after the crash at lunchtime.
One of the mourners, Liam Brannigan said: ‘They allowed the wake to carry on even though the course had been closed because of what had happened.
‘I was told that a woman was walking on the course and got hit by a van. I was told it went right over her. The van then crashed.’
Police cars were seen rushing to the golf course near Sutton Coldfield after the woman was injured on Friday morning
Local reports suggested a crashed van could be seen in a ditch near the first hole of the golf course.
West Midlands Ambulance Service confirmed a van was in collision with a pedestrian shortly before 10.30am on Friday (April 11).
A woman who was in a life-threatening condition was then airlifted to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham.
Police activity could be seen on or near the first hole with one detective also seen looking at what appeared to be a crashed vehicle.
West Midlands Ambulance Service said it deployed two ambulances, two paramedic officers, a trauma doctor, critical care paramedic and an air ambulance to the scene.
A spokesman said: ‘Upon arrival we found a woman who was the pedestrian with life-threatening injuries in a critical condition.
‘Ambulance staff quickly began administering advanced life support and advanced trauma care to her at the scene which continued en route to Queen Elizabeth Hospital where she was conveyed via air ambulance for further treatment.
‘No further patients required treatment.’
Tom, a butcher at nearby Pat’s Butchers, told Metro: ‘We saw all the commotion.
‘A black van came racing through our car park then went up Clarence Road, he managed to turn himself around and shot up Rosemary Hill Road.
‘He spun around on one of the back streets and then went down to the golf course.
‘Good job no one was in our car park or they would have been mowed down.’
One woman, who was waiting Blake Street train station at around 10.30am, said she heard someone shouting for ‘help’ from the golf club.
Another local shop worker told Metro: ‘All we saw was the police cars, ambulances and unmarked cars whizzing around the area.
‘You can hear the police helicopter but police presence on the road had all gone within an hour.’
Aston Wood Golf Course is an 18-hole championship course, which claims to be ‘one of the finest golf courses in the Midlands’
