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Emergency services dashed to Wolverhampton, West Midlands, after a tram and a car collided at around 6.30am. The teenager, said to have been travelling in the car, was rushed to hospital where she remains in a “life-threatening” condition.

A teenage boy was also treated for injuries, not believed to be serious, and was also taken to hospital.

The Midland Metro tram network was suspended between Wolverhampton St George’s and The Royal in the Horseley Fields area of the city while the crash was cleared.

And Black Country Live reports there were huge traffic delays following the smash. 

A major roundabout was blocked in the city centre and traffic was diverted onto the A41 – Bilston Road – which was subsequently busy through the city centre and into the Monmore Green area.

A suspect was arrested on suspicion of drink-driving in connection with the incident.

A spokeswoman for West Midlands Ambulance Service said: “We were called at 6:32am to reports of a collision involving a car and tram at the junction of Bilston Street and Piper’s Row, Wolverhampton. We sent two ambulances, two paramedic officers, a MERIT trauma doctor and critical care paramedic and the Midlands Air Ambulance Critical Care Car.

“On arrival, crews found a teenage girl in a life-threatening condition. Staff worked quickly to administer advanced trauma care to the patient at the scene and on route to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham.

“The second occupant of the car, a teenage boy, was treated for injuries not believed to be serious and was conveyed to New Cross Hospital.”

A spokesman for West Midlands Fire Service said: “We were called at 6.39am on Thursday, September 16 to reports of a road traffic collision between a car and a tram.

“Five firefighters from Wolverhampton station attended the incident along with colleagues from West Midlands Police and West Midlands Ambulance Service.

“The driver of the car was able to extricate himself before our firefighters arrived. On advice of paramedics, we assisted a pregnant passenger, who was not trapped by injuries, from the car who was taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital, and the car was made safe by our firefighters.”

A spokesman for West Midlands Police said: “A teenage girl has been taken to hospital with serious head injuries after the car she was travelling in hit a tram in Wolverhampton this morning.

“A passenger on the tram also received minor injuries.”

The Midlands Metro network, which opened in 1999, connects Wolverhampton with Birmingham in the east. 

Work is nearing completion on an extension to the line to the Edgbaston area of Birmingham.

But noisy construction work went on into the early hours of the morning in the summer, angerring city centre residents who were unable to sleep.

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