The three-car crash occurred on Heybanes Road, Small Heath at around 8pm Monday night.<\/p>\n
A black Seat Leon collided with a Peugeot before hitting three stationary vehicles.<\/p>\n
West Midlands Ambulance Service confirmed one person has died and two more are in hospital after the collision.<\/p>\n
The 30-year-old man was pronounced dead inside the Seat while his 20-year-old male passenger suffered fractures to his pelvis and ribs.<\/p>\n
The female driver of the Peugeot was not seriously hurt.<\/p>\n
To allow collision reconstruction experts to assess the scene, the road was closed off into the early hours of Tuesday.<\/p>\n
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman said, \u201cWhen the emergency services arrived they found one car which had sustained significant damage in the collision.<\/p>\n
\u201cSadly, it quickly became apparent that nothing could be done to save the driver and medics confirmed the patient deceased on scene. A passenger in the car, a man in his 20s, was trapped in the wreckage and had sustained serious injuries to his head and pelvis.<\/p>\n
\u201cAmbulance staff and medics worked closely with the fire service at the scene to carefully extricate him from the car and after around 40 minutes he was cut free.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe man was given pain relief and fully immobilised with a neck collar, spinal board and pelvic binder before being taken by land ambulance on blue lights to Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe driver from a second car involved, a woman in her 40s, sustained minor facial injuries.<\/p>\n
“Due to the mechanism of the collision, the woman was immobilised with a neck collar and spinal board as a precaution before being taken to Heartlands Hospital.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo one else was injured in the collision.\u201d<\/p>\n
Joynob Chaudhury, a 43-year-old local, said, \u201cIt was about 7.30pm and all of us came outside.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere were lots of flashing lights. There were lots of police and ambulances and the fire brigade.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe driver was stuck in the car. There were so many people out that the police had to move everyone away. They were there all night.\u201d<\/p>\n
Shabana Begum said her family heard a noise before going outside to discover a horrific scene.<\/p>\n
She said, “I heard a big bang. My kids thought it was a firework.<\/p>\n
“When we came out, there were cars smashed into each other. When the car was coming down the other way, it smashed into another car and swirled around and hit a couple of other cars.<\/p>\n
“Me and my neighbours called the police, ambulance and fire brigade.<\/p>\n
“They cut one out of the car and the other was stuck in it.<\/p>\n
“It was so scary. At 1am, they came and took the body.”<\/p>\n
Mrs S Khan, who was one of the first on the scene, said, \u201dI heard loud bangs, about three. I came out because I thought a bomb had gone off.<\/p>\n
\u201cI came out and all I could see was carnage everywhere.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was looking for the driver of the Seat Leon but couldn\u2019t locate where he was, then my husband saw him in the back of the car – he\u2019d been thrown back.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were on to the emergency services.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was really disturbing. My husband was talking to the other person in the car, he was moving.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen the ambulance and everyone took over. I was awake all night.\u201d<\/p>\n
Anyone who witnessed the collision, or saw the black Seat Leon being driven in the build-up to the crash, is asked to contact the Collision Investigation Unit on 101 or by emailing FL_COLLISION_INVEST@west-midlands.pnn.police.uk\u00a0and quote log 2616 16\/10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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