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| Boy, 12, dies after bicycle hit by car in Birmingham | Boy, 12, dies after bicycle hit by car in Birmingham |
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| Emergency services were called to Coventry Road at the junction with Berkeley Road | Emergency services were called to Coventry Road at the junction with Berkeley Road |
| A 12-year-old boy has died after his bicycle was hit by a car in Birmingham. | A 12-year-old boy has died after his bicycle was hit by a car in Birmingham. |
| It happened on Coventry Road, in the Yardley area, at about 18:15 BST on Thursday and the boy died at the scene. | It happened on Coventry Road, in the Yardley area, at about 18:15 BST on Thursday and the boy died at the scene. |
| A 32-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and being unfit through drugs and remains in custody, police said. | |
| Officers have appealed for anyone with information or dashcam footage of the crash to contact them. | |
| West Midlands Ambulance Service said a pedestrian who had also been hit by a car near the scene was taken to the Heartlands Hospital with minor injuries. | |
| The death is the third involving a cyclist in Birmingham in as many weeks and the area's cycling commissioner has called for urgent safety improvements. | The death is the third involving a cyclist in Birmingham in as many weeks and the area's cycling commissioner has called for urgent safety improvements. |
| Adam Tranter, who was appointed in 2021, said that must include tougher policing and extra road safety measures from the city council. | Adam Tranter, who was appointed in 2021, said that must include tougher policing and extra road safety measures from the city council. |
| 'Situation is untenable' | |
| Speaking before the latest death, he said collisions involving cyclists happened "with such a regularity that you could be fooled into thinking that this is normal". | |
| "My message is that this is not normal," Mr Tranter said. | |
| The Better Streets for Birmingham group also called for improved safety in a letter published on Twitter on Friday. | The Better Streets for Birmingham group also called for improved safety in a letter published on Twitter on Friday. |
| It tweeted: "The killing of a child cyclist now puts the grim statistics in our letter out of date. The situation is untenable." | It tweeted: "The killing of a child cyclist now puts the grim statistics in our letter out of date. The situation is untenable." |
| It has invited people to a vigil on Saturday, at the junction of Belgrave Middleway and Horton Square, where a cyclist died on 16 May. | It has invited people to a vigil on Saturday, at the junction of Belgrave Middleway and Horton Square, where a cyclist died on 16 May. |
| Birmingham City Council said it hoped to have a regional road safety strategy in place by the end of the year and had a target of cutting all traffic deaths and serious injuries. | |
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