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Two-year-old girl dies in tragic car crash

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.

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Baby dies after car hits wall and tree

Gibbins Road Credit: Google Street View

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.

The first ambulance crew to arrive immediately took the baby to Birmingham Children’s Hospital, trying to resuscitate the child with CPR en-route. Sadly, the baby was confirmed dead at hospital. There were four adults in the car. A woman driver who had a head injury was immobilised with the use of a spinal board and neck collar and was taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham. A woman who was a front seat passenger got herself out of the car with minor injuries and made her own way to a hospital. Two other woman, both rear seat passengers were both immobilised and taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham. One had a head injury, a back injury and a minor chest injury. The other had back pain.

– West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman

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