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Injured woman dumped after crash Pair quizzed over injured woman
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Police are hunting a driver who dumped a woman passenger by the side of the road after she was seriously hurt in a crash in the West Midlands. Two men have been arrested after a woman car passenger was dumped by the side of the road with critical head injuries following a crash.
The dark saloon vehicle collided with a flat-bed transit van in Hen Lane, Holbrooks, Coventry, at about 0330 BST. The dark vehicle, possibly a Vauxhall, collided with a flat-bed transit van in Hen Lane, Holbrooks, Coventry, at about 0330 BST.
The saloon, which may have been a Vauxhall, then turned into Whitmore Park Road where the male driver took the woman out of the car and drove off. The car turned into Whitmore Park Road where the male driver took the woman out of the car and drove off.
She had suffered serious head and facial injuries and is critically ill. West Midlands Police said two men aged 27 and 28 were held in Warwickshire.
Witness appealWitness appeal
She is believed to be a local woman aged in her 40s. The victim is believed to be a local woman aged 45. She is in hospital with critical head and facial injuries.
Sgt Tim Rogers, of West Midlands Police, said a 13ft (4m) length of blue metal from the transit van became embedded in the car during the collision.Sgt Tim Rogers, of West Midlands Police, said a 13ft (4m) length of blue metal from the transit van became embedded in the car during the collision.
He said this was then carried by the saloon into Whitmore Park Road and may have been subsequently dumped.He said this was then carried by the saloon into Whitmore Park Road and may have been subsequently dumped.
West Midlands Police has asked anyone with information to contact officers.West Midlands Police has asked anyone with information to contact officers.