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A 86-year-old man has died weeks after he was struck by a car while crossing a road.The pedestrian was taken to Sandwell Hospital with a head injury following the crash on the A34 Walsall Road in Great Barr, Birmingham, at about 10:00 BST on 18 July.We…
A pedestrian was rushed to hospital yesterday with head injuries after being struck by a van in Smethwick[1]. The serious crash happened in Sycamore Road[2] at around 12pm on Friday, August 2.
A witness said the street was sealed off by police followin…
The crash, which happened near J8 for the M5 near Tame Bridge[1], left a car on its roof and a woman and young girl needing medical treatment.
Their injuries were not believed to be serious and they were taken to Walsall Manor Hospital for further trea…
A dangerous driver who treated the M6 like a race track as he reached shocking speeds of 125mph was caught out when he entered a speed camera hotspot. The Audi driver might have thought he would get away with his reckless joyride when he saw no police …
Lane closures[1] remain in place on the M6 this morning after a crash involving a lorry. The HGV was involved in a collision with the central reservation and a lamp column earlier this morning, April 27, according to National Highways.
The highways age…
A road has closed in the Black Country[1] after the top of a bus was ripped off in a collision with a bridge. The incident took place in Clayhanger Lane in the Clayhanger area of Walsall[2] around 7am on Saturday (April 20).
A double-decker bus went un…
In one moment, they could be dealing with a swan that’s landed on the M6 in Great Barr, which has mistaken the rain-soaked tarmac for a pond. The next minute, they could be at the scene of a fatal crash or tracking down an Uber Eats cyclist down the mo…
Timothy Bates was delivering fuel for a temporary diesel generator at Haldane Fisher Limited’s timber processing site on Long Street in Walsall on July 28, 2022, when he fell from a trailer.
Mr Bates, who is from Stafford, had been stowing equipment in…
Firefighters had to free two people from the wreckage of a two-car smash in Oldbury. A man and a woman were both taken to hospital following the smash.
The collision happened on Wolverhampton Road, at the junction with Joseph Street, on Sunday, Februar…
Lawyer Matthew Mawdsley, a father-of-three who lived in Manchester, had been appointed as district judge in the city just weeks before he suffered fatal injuries in a collision on the A38 Aston Expressway on December 16 2022.
The 54-year-old had been o…