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| Girl, four, killed in M6 pile-up near Birmingham | Girl, four, killed in M6 pile-up near Birmingham |
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| A four-year-old girl has been killed in a pile-up on the M6 near Birmingham. | A four-year-old girl has been killed in a pile-up on the M6 near Birmingham. |
| Seven people were taken to hospital after the crash involving a lorry and four cars. A woman in the same car as the girl who died was badly hurt. | |
| The girl, from the Midlands, was travelling with her family when the accident happened at about 00:30 GMT. A man is in custody, police said. | |
| The southbound M6 was closed between junctions 4, the M42 and 4a at Coleshill but has since reopened. | The southbound M6 was closed between junctions 4, the M42 and 4a at Coleshill but has since reopened. |
| The woman travelling in the same car as the four-year-old girl suffered serious head injuries, West Midlands Ambulance Service said. | |
| She was accompanied to hospital by a man from the same car who was uninjured. | |
| A second girl in the car, aged about eight, was treated at the scene for multiple injuries and a third girl in the car, also aged about four, had minor injuries. | |
| Four people travelling in the other cars were not seriously hurt and the lorry driver was also uninjured. |