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Eight-year-old boy dies after bus collision in Erdington

Police are appealing for information after a boy lost his life following a collision in Erdington yesterday.

Emergency services were called and paramedics treated the boy who was taken to hospital with critical injuries, but despite their best efforts he sadly died later that day.

The driver of the bus was spoken to at the scene and officers continue to make enquiries into the collision.

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Eight-year-old boy dies after bus collision in Erdington

Police are appealing for information after a boy lost his life following a collision in Erdington yesterday.

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The eight-year-old was cycling along Wilton Road at around 3.15pm when he was in collision with a bus.

Emergency services were called and paramedics treated the boy who was taken to hospital with critical injuries, but despite their best efforts he sadly died later that day.

The driver of the bus was spoken to at the scene and officers continue to make enquiries into the collision.

Our thoughts are firmly with the family of the young boy who tragically lost his life yesterday.

The road is a really busy road and we are sure that there are a number of witnesses who have not yet come forward.

I am directly appealing to them to get in touch so we can continue to establish the circumstances that surrounded yesterday’s tragic events.

The family of the young boy are being liaised with by specialist officers and they have asked for their privacy to be respected at this sad time.

– PS Chris Ridge, from the force’s Collision Investigation Unit

Diversion in place after boy hit by bus in Erdington

Police have set up a diversion around Wilton road in Erdington after a boy was hit by a bus at around 15:10 this afternoon. The boy has been rushed to hospital with injuries and another man is also being treated for minor injuries.

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A statement from West Midlands Ambulance service said:

"An ambulance was on scene in six minutes and was backed up by a paramedic area support officer and the Midlands Air Ambulance, when crews arrived, the child had been pulled from under the bus. The youngster had suffered very serious injuries and was taken by land ambulance on blue lights to Birmingham Children’s Hospital with the doctor and ambulance crew treating him en-route, he arrived at hospital just 36 minutes after the call where medics were on standby to receive him. He was said to be in a critical condition upon arrival.”

– WMAS

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