Joshua McAuley, 15, refused blood transfusion because of religious beliefs after being crushed by car in West MidlandsA teenage Jehovah's Witness who was crushed by a car as it crashed into a shop died after refusing a blood transfusion in hospital.
Joshua McAuley, 15, was airlifted to hospital from the incident in Smethwick, West Midlands, on Saturday morning, but died later that day.
The schoolboy, who received abdominal and leg injuries, is believed to have told doctors at Birmingham's Selly Oak hospital not to give him a blood transfusion because of his religious beliefs.
Clive Parker, an elder at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses in Smethwick, where Joshua and his family worshipped, said Joshua was conscious after the accident and "made a stand on the blood issue".
He said: "I don't want to talk about it any more than that because I don't want to add to the family's distress.
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