{"id":124006,"date":"2025-05-23T01:34:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T01:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/124006\/"},"modified":"2025-05-23T01:34:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T01:34:11","slug":"police-update-after-boy-hurt-in-hit-and-run-in-ladypool-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/124006\/","title":{"rendered":"Police update after boy hurt in hit-and-run in Ladypool Road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The teenager was taken to hospital with serious injuries after being struck by a car in Ladypool Road earlier this week<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1_NWP_BEM_190525Ladypool_01JPG.jpg\" alt=\"The scene on Ladypool Road\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>The scene on Ladypool Road(Image: Nick Wilkinson\/Birmingham Live)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A teenage boy who was struck by a hit-and-run driver in Sparkbrook is continuing to recover from his injuries in hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The boy was <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/hunt-driver-teenager-seriously-injured-31676256\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">hit by a vehicle <\/a>on Ladypool Road shortly before 12.10pm on Monday, May 19.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Paramedics treated him for serious injuries at the scene before he was rushed to hospital where he continues to recover.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">READ MORE: <\/strong><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/black-country\/killers-who-torched-family-home-31698115\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Killers who torched family home in deadly &#8216;mistaken identity&#8217; arson attack jailed for 70 years<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Ladypool Road was cordoned off following the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Detectives have yet to find the driver who was involved despite ongoing enquiries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">No arrests have been made.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Issuing a new statement, a <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> spokesperson told BirminghamLive: &#8220;The teenage boy who was hurt remains in hospital where he is recovering from his injuries. &#8220;No arrests have been made. Our enquiries are ongoing as officers try to identify the driver involved.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The force previously said: &#8220;We were called to a collision involving a car and a pedestrian in Ladypool Road at around 12.10pm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/JcXF3MxQGZs3GoiEA8W2fn\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Get breaking news on BirminghamLive WhatsApp<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;A teenage boy was taken to hospital with injuries not believed to be life-threatening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;The car left the scene following the collision and we&#8217;re carrying out enquiries to trace the vehicle and driver.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Anyone with information is asked to contact us via Live Chat on our website, or by calling 101, and quote log 2156 of 19\/5\/25.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Information can also be passed on anonymously by calling Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The teenager was taken to hospital with serious injuries after being struck by a car in Ladypool Road&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":124007,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,55105,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-124006","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-sparkbrook","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114554595179319221","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124006","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=124006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124006\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}