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# Motorcyclist airlifted to hospital after suffering collapsed lung in A38 crash
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/motorcyclist-airlifted-to-hospital-after-suffering-collapsed-lung-a38-crash/
- Published: 2015-10-04T19:03:37.000Z
- Updated: 2015-10-04T19:03:50.000Z
- Description: A motorcyclist has been airlifted to hospital after crashing his bike near Lichfield.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 20:42, News

A motorcyclist has been airlifted to hospital after crashing his bike near Lichfield.

He was riding along the A37 near Barton-under-Needwood at 10.30am today (October 4) when he came off and ended up in the central reservation.

A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: “The man, who is in his thirties, had a serious wound to his left arm.

“The first ambulance crew on scene applied a tourniquet to his arm. They also decompressed his chest for he had suffered a collapsed lung.

“With the air ambulance in attendance too, his wounded arm was bandaged and splinted, he was given pain relief and an anti-haemorrhage agent.”