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Belgrave Middleway crash: Six dead in six-vehicle smash | Belgrave Middleway crash: Six dead in six-vehicle smash |
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Six people have been killed in a multiple-vehicle crash in Birmingham. | Six people have been killed in a multiple-vehicle crash in Birmingham. |
The accident happened on Belgrave Middleway near Edgbaston at about 01:00 GMT and involved six vehicles. | |
The driver of a black cab died at the scene, along with a female passenger, while a male passenger died later in hospital. | |
Four men in a car were all thrown from their vehicle and three of them died at the scene. The fourth is in a critical condition. | |
West Midlands Police tweeted that the scene was "very difficult and upsetting" and the stretch of road from Islington Row to Bristol Street was closed. | |
West Midlands Ambulance Service described the crash scene as "extensive". | |
"In the first car, there were a man and a woman," a spokesman for the ambulance service said. | |
"The vehicle had suffered very extensive damage but astonishingly, despite the damage, the pair had managed to get out and had suffered relatively minor injuries. | |
"The second vehicle, a black cab, was on its side. Sadly, there was nothing that could be done to save the driver and he was confirmed dead at the scene. | |
"The man and woman in the back were rapidly extricated. Unfortunately, it was not possible to save the woman and she was also confirmed dead at the scene." | |
The male passenger was taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham but he too died. | |
Of the four men thrown from the third car, the spokesman said: "Tragically, three of them were confirmed dead at the scene." | |
The fourth was taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham and said to be in a critical condition on arrival, he said. | |
There were three other cars involved which all tried to avoid the crash, the spokesman added. | There were three other cars involved which all tried to avoid the crash, the spokesman added. |
Any witnesses to the crash have been asked to contact West Midlands Police. | Any witnesses to the crash have been asked to contact West Midlands Police. |
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