A father has told how his six-year-old son was left bleeding and with a bone sticking out of his broken leg for almost an hour after a road accident while waiting for an ambulance to arrive.
Rafi Hottak, who has campaigned on behalf of Afghan interpreters who helped the British military, says young son Yousuf has been left traumatised after suffering multiple injuries close to his Birmingham home.
Yousuf, said to have been struck by an SUV while crossing the road on his journey back from school, suffered a broken leg and compound fracture, as well as cuts and bruises to his head and body.
His father, 39, has asked for answers from West Midlands Ambulance Service over why it took more than an hour for paramedics to reach the boy - and the organisation has now apologised, while blaming pressure caused by hospital handover delays.
An off-duty medic who was passing by was among those stopping to help as Yousuf lay beside the road, helping to try stemming the bleeding after the May 14 incident.
