Six people have been killed in a “horrific” multiple-vehicle crash.
The accident happened on Belgrave Middleway in Birmingham at about 01:00 GMT and involved six vehicles.
The driver of a black cab died at the scene near Edgbaston, 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 crash site. The fourth is in a critical condition.
West Midlands Police described the scene as “very difficult and upsetting” and the stretch of road from Islington Row to Bristol Street was closed.
West Midlands Fire Service sent 40 firefighters to the crash site, which Midlands Ambulance Service described as “extensive”.
Police, @WestMidsFire & @OFFICIALWMAS are responding to a very serious crash on Lee Bank Middleway in Edgbaston, Birmingham near to the tunnel which goes beneath Bristol Street. Call received at 1.11am Sun 17/12. Avoid area. Road will be closed for a very long time. — West Midlands Police (@WMPolice) December 17, 2017
Police, @WestMidsFire & @OFFICIALWMAS are responding to a very serious crash on Lee Bank Middleway in Edgbaston, Birmingham near to the tunnel which goes beneath Bristol Street. Call received at 1.11am Sun 17/12. Avoid area. Road will be closed for a very long time.
— West Midlands Police (@WMPolice) December 17, 2017
