{"id":115583,"date":"2025-05-19T23:32:16","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T23:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/115583\/"},"modified":"2025-05-19T23:32:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T23:32:16","slug":"trouble-in-sutton-coldfield-with-man-hit-by-car-and-main-road-closed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/115583\/","title":{"rendered":"Trouble in Sutton Coldfield with man hit by car and main road closed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man was said to have been hit by a car leading to &#8216;disorder&#8217; in Aldridge Road in Streetly, with the road closed to traffic<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0_Streetly-Sutton-Coldfield.jpg\" alt=\"Google Maps street view of a section of Aldridge Road in Streetly, Sutton Coldfield\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Aldridge Road in Streetly, Sutton Coldfield was closed to traffic after a man was hit by a vehicle with &#8216;disorder&#8217; reported in the area (Image: Google )<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">An incident on a busy Sutton Coldfield road led one man being injured and the street being closed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The incident took place in Aldridge Road in Streetly on Monday (May 19).<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A man is said to have been \u2018struck by a vehicle\u2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Police and the ambulance service were called to the road at around 10am.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Read more: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/scumbag-thief-breaks-sutton-coldfield-31657778\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018Scumbag\u2019 thief breaks into home in car key burglary as family slept upstairs<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Aldridge Road was closed in both directions by police near Bridle Lane.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A spokesman for <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/west-midlands-ambulance-service\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">West Midlands Ambulance Service<\/a> said: \u201cWe were called to reports of disorder at the junction of Lowlands Avenue and Aldridge Road at 10.04am.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cOne ambulance attended the scene. On arrival we discovered one patient, a man, who was treated for minor injuries and discharged at the scene.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">National Express West Midlands diverted two of its services as a result of the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">It posted and said: \u201cService Disruption. Due to an Emergency service lead incident at Aldridge Road Streetly<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cBuses 934 and 997 are on diversion via: Foley Road West and Chester Road We apologise for any disruption to your journey.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The buses returned to their usual route around 11.40am.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/newsletter-preference-centre\/?view=Solus&amp;mailingListId=218d93d5-683b-44a9-b5bd-566f5c9e39e9&amp;utm_source=solusarticle\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Get the latest Sutton Coldfield news delivered direct to your inbox<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/west-midlands-police\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">West Midlands Police<\/a> has confirmed it is investigating the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A spokesman for the force said: \u201cWe were called to reports of disorder on Aldridge Road, Streetly at around 10am this morning (19 May).<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cOne man was struck by a vehicle and suffered injuries not thought to be life-threatening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cOur investigation is at an early stage and anyone with information should contact us via Live Chat on our website, or by calling 101 quoting Log 1186 of today (19 May).\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man was said to have been hit by a car leading to &#8216;disorder&#8217; in Aldridge Road in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":115584,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,7829,16,15,8596,7830],"class_list":{"0":"post-115583","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-sutton-coldfield","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-west-midlands-ambulance-service","16":"tag-west-midlands-police"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114537112807445394","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115583\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}