{"id":128305,"date":"2025-05-24T15:16:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T15:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/128305\/"},"modified":"2025-05-24T15:16:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T15:16:09","slug":"eight-year-old-boy-rushed-to-hospital-after-being-struck-by-car-in-birmingham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/128305\/","title":{"rendered":"Eight-year-old boy rushed to hospital after being struck by car in Birmingham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police said the boy is in a serious condition<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0_uptonroad.jpg\" alt=\"Upton Road in South Yardley\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Upton Road in South Yardley(Image: Google)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">An eight-year-old boy was rushed to hospital in a serious condition after he was struck by a car in Birmingham.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The collision happened in Upton Road, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/yardley-and-stechford\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">South Yardley<\/a>, at around 8.20pm last night (May 23).<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Police said the youngster was rushed to hospital where he remains this afternoon.<\/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\/news\/midlands-news\/new-street-station-media-screens-31714876\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">New Street station media screens have been switched off for years &#8211; and may be for some time yet<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1748099769_811_0_uptonroad.jpg\" alt=\"Upton Road in South Yardley\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Upton Road in South Yardley(Image: Google)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Officers spoke to the driver of the vehicle involved in the crash.<\/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> said they were helping the force with its investigation into the collision.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A force spokesperson said: &#8220;We&#8217;re investigating after a boy aged eight was injured in a collision with a car in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Birmingham<\/a> last night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;We were called to Upton Road, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/yardley-and-stechford\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">South Yardley<\/a>, at around 8.20pm yesterday.<\/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=67ec6fc9-65d2-4b0c-b55e-ee73660ce693&amp;utm_source=solusarticle\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"[object Object]Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Don&#8217;t miss the biggest and breaking stories by signing up to the BirminghamLive newsletter here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;The child remains in a serious condition in hospital this afternoon.<\/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;The driver was spoken to by officers at the scene and is helping with the investigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;We&#8217;re appealing for anyone with information, mobile phone or dash-cam footage to come forward quoting log 5191 of May 23.&#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":"Police said the boy is in a serious conditionUpton Road in South Yardley(Image: Google) An eight-year-old boy was&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":128306,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,16,15,7830,7843],"class_list":{"0":"post-128305","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-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-west-midlands-police","15":"tag-yardley-and-stechford"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114563473997637025","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128305","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=128305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128305\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}