Soho Road police incident live as four children rushed to hospital

Four children were rushed to hospital after the minibus they were travelling in crashed on a major Birmingham street. The vehicle collided into a lampost on Soho Road in Handsworth[1] prompting a full emergency services response. The youngsters were assessed and treated for injuries which are not believed to be serious before being taken to Birmingham Children’s Hospital.

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12 MONTHS FOR GBP12[3] Taking to X, formerly Twitter, the NX West Midlands bus service posted: “Service disruption. Due to a collision on Soho Road #Handsworth 74 will be diverting in both directions via: Rookery Road, Oxhill Road and Grove Lane We apologise for any disruption to your journey.”

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References

  1. ^ Handsworth (www.birminghammail.co.uk)
  2. ^ ‘My superhero five-year-old died from brain tumour weeks after going to A&E with headaches’ (www.birminghammail.co.uk)
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  4. ^ Birmingham News (www.birminghammail.co.uk)
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