A 12-year-old cyclist has died after being struck by a car in Birmingham yesterday.
Detective Sergeant Paul Hughes, of West Midlands Police, said: ‘We are appealing for witnesses and in particular for people with dash cam footage to please contact us.
‘Our thoughts are with the family and friends of the boy and we are doing all we can to support them at this very difficult time.’ Officers had closed the A45 Coventry Road dual carriageway for more than six hours last night following the crash.West Midlands Ambulance Service confirmed this morning that a boy had died in the collision, but would not give BirminghamLive his age due to ‘patient confidentiality’.
A second casualty, a man who was a pedestrian, was involved in a separate collision involving a car nearby but escaped with minor injuries and was taken to Heartlands Hospital for checks.
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