Two-year-old girl dies in tragic car crash

Tributes have been paid to a two-year-old girl who died after a car crash in Birmingham yesterday afternoon.

Flowers, cards and a toy bear have been left at the scene of the crash, where a car hit a wall and a tree in Gibbins Road, Selly Oak.

The girl, who's been named as Esmee, was taken to hospital after being given CPR at the scene by passers-by before paramedics arrived. She was pronounced dead shortly after arriving there.

Four adults who were in the car all went to hospital, but did not suffer serious injuries.

Messages were left at the site of the crash:

A 22-year-old woman arrested after her 2-year-old daughter was killed in a crash in Birmingham yesterday has been released by police.

Police were called to Gibbins Road in Selly Oak, at around 4pm where a Ford Fiesta had left the road and hit a tree.

Witnesses provided CPR to the child who was a back seat passenger, and paramedics later tried to revive the toddler but she was pronounced dead in hospital.

Four other people in the vehicle, including the girl’s mother who was driving, suffered non-life threatening injuries.

A post mortem examination is due to take place.

A woman has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and child neglect after a 2-year-old girl was killed in a crash yesterday.

Police were called to Gibbins Road in Selly Oak at around 4pm where a car had left the road and hit a tree.

Witnesses provided CPR on the child, who was a back seat passenger but she was pronounced dead in hospital.

Four other people in the vehicle, including the girl’s mother who was driving, suffered minor injuries.

A post mortem examination is due to take place.

A baby has died after a car crash in Birmingham this afternoon.

The West Midlands Ambulance Service were called to Gibbins Road in Selly Oak at 3.55pm, where a car had hit a wall and a tree.