Transport and Logistics Network
A motorcyclist has died after a crash with a lorry on the M6.Emergency services were called to the southbound carriageway between junctions 10A and 10 for Wolverhampton at about 08:15 BST.West Midlands Ambulance Service said the man on the motorcycle w…
A motorcyclist suffered potentially serious injuries after a crash with a car on an Oldbury road. The motorcyclist, a man, was taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital[1] following the smash at the junction of Wolverhampton Road and Bleakhouse Road, in Oldbur…
The driver of an overturned car suffered potentially serious injuries following a crash in Walsall. The man, who was driving the vehicle, was discovered by medics from a passing ambulance in Walsall earlier this morning, April 21.
West Midlands Ambulan…
The case of a van driver who killed a grandmother in a motorway smash having taken amphetamine ‘to stay awake while making deliveries across the country’ left a judge ‘astonished’. Marcin Szewczyk, 43, ploughed into the back of a Kia Sportage in heavy …
A car dealer sold a death-trap campervan for £8,650 despite it having faulty brakes and wheels “extremely likely” to fall off while it was being driven. Paul Hale, who traded as Koolkustoms in Halesowen, sold the vehicle which had major faults.
The iss…
Telephone kiosks in Wolverhampton[1] city centre are to be replaced by free to use digital ‘street hubs’ – providing ultra-fast public and encrypted Wi-Fi, access to public services and a range of local information. In line with the city’s ongoing conv…
A three-car smash closed two lanes of the M6 today. A stretch of the southbound carriageway was shut following the collision near Stafford[1].
Police, paramedics and traffic officers were dispatched to the scene. The incident, which was reported just a…
A family who cheated death have spoken of their horror after surviving a shocking crash in Staffordshire[1]. Sara-Jayne Baskeyfield was in a BMW i3 with her 10-month-old daughter Wren and mother-in-law Nicola Baskeyfield.
But they were left terrified w…
A learner driver who jumped out of his moving car after fleeing from police with two deflated tyres has avoided jail. New dad Cameron McCarthy led police on a 10-minute chase in the Black Country[1], racing at speeds of up to 70mph.
The 28-year-old zoo…
Gunmen fired a shot at a dad’s Tipton[1] home after a row over a motorbike he sold – then police arrested him at the scene. Charlie Fellows sold a motorbike but the purchaser did not pay any money, and when he asked for the cash he was told he had to p…