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Police have launched an appeal for information about a suspect following a collision in Solihull which resulted in a pregnant woman tragically losing her unborn baby. The traumatised victim has found the courage to go public about her horrific ordeal which took place last year.
The electric scooter trial scheme in Birmingham will cease at the end of February, says operator Voi. The surprise announcement follows in the wake of recent casualties, including a fatality, involving electric scooters.
The High Court in Birmingham has continued the interim injunction banning ‘street racing’, also known as ‘car cruising’, in the Black Country after several collisions and deaths. The interim injunction prohibits people from participating, as a driver, a rider or a passenger, in a gathering of two or more people at which some of those…
A young boy is today fighting for his life after his electric scooter collided with a car in the Balsall Heath area of Birmingham. The horrific accident happened at the junction of Taunton Road and Stoney Lane at around 5:30am this morning (20 February).
A speeding driver who killed a much-loved and hardworking NHS worker in Birmingham by ploughing his car into her has been jailed for his horrific crime. Jamie Abdale – described as “selfish” by the victim’s family – was over the legal alcohol limit and under a driving ban when he callously caused the death of…
Police have launched an appeal for witnesses following a serious collision in the West Midlands which resulted in the death of an elderly man and his wife hospitalised. The 64-year-old man, described by his family as “kind and selfless”, tragically died after being hit by a car in the collision, which happened at around 8.30pm…
Two West Midlands teenagers, who were tragically killed after a car struck them at the weekend, have been named as their heartbroken families paid tribute to them. Liberty Charris, aged 16, and Ben Corfield, aged 19, were sadly pronounced dead at the scene on the A457 Oldbury Road on Sunday night.
West Midlands Police are appealing for information and witnesses after a man died when his car hit a tree in Smethwick. The incident happened in Oldbury Road (A457), near Mallin Street, at just before 10.45pm last night (1 May).
Police have arrested two 17-year-olds following a serious car crash in Birmingham last night that left a child seriously ill in hospital. The three-car collision happened in Pershore Road, at the junction with Bewdley Road, at 9.15pm.
Warning: this report contains distressing images. A young man was taken into police custody in Birmingham city centre early this morning, after a vehicle he was believed to have been driving was involved in a “serious collision” which has left at least two people injured. The incident took place in Smallbrook Queensway next to the Holloway Circus roundabout at approximately 3.00am…