{"id":22731,"date":"2025-04-15T18:58:13","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T18:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/22731\/"},"modified":"2025-04-15T18:58:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T18:58:13","slug":"driver-charged-after-birmingham-van-crash-leaves-teen-pedestrian-badly-hurt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/22731\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver charged after Birmingham van crash leaves teen pedestrian badly hurt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man in his 40s faces driving offences after victim left with broken bones after being struck by a van in Bordesley Green<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0_Caldwell-Road.jpg\" alt=\"Google Maps street view of a section of Caldwell Road in Bordesley Green, where it meets Belchers Lane\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>A van collided with a teenage boy in Caldwell Road near the junction with Belchers Lane in Bordesley Green, with the driver charged with dangerous driving and failing to stop(Image: Google)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A driver has appeared in court charged with driving offences after a teenager was seriously injured in a <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Birmingham<\/a> crash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">It happened in Caldwell Road, at the junction of Belchers Lane in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/bordesley-green-and-small-heath\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Bordesley Green<\/a>, at around 7.30pm on Saturday, April 12.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Emergency services rushed to the scene and Caldwell Road was sealed off by police.<\/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\/aston-wood-golf-club-breaking-31422805\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Police update on golf club hit-and-run crash which left woman fighting for life<\/a><\/strong><\/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-ambulance-service\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">West Midlands Ambulance Service<\/a> sent two ambulances to the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">They treated a 17-year-old boy who suffered broken bones.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A spokeswoman for the service said: \u201cWe were called to reports of a road traffic collision involving a van and a pedestrian at the junction of Belchers Lane and Caldwell Road in Bordesley Green at 7.27pm on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cOn arrival, crews found a teenage boy who they treated for potentially serious injuries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cHe was then conveyed, under emergency driving conditions, to <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/queen-elizabeth-hospital\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Queen Elizabeth Hospital<\/a>.\u201d<\/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 that a man has been charged with causing serious injury by dangerous driving and failing to stop.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Shazad Ali, 40, of Tudor Street in Winson Green, appeared at Birmingham Magistrates\u2019 Court.<\/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\">Get the latest BirminghamLive news direct to your inbox<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A spokesman for West Midlands Police said: \u201cWe&#8217;ve charged a man after a teenager was injured when he was hit by a vehicle in Caldwell Road at around 7.30pm on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cShazad Ali, aged 40 and from Winson Green, was charged with causing serious injury by dangerous driving and failing to stop. He was appearing at Birmingham Magistrates&#8217; Court yesterday, Monday, April 14.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cThe 17-year-old boy was taken to hospital after sustaining broken bones.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Ali has yet to enter a plea and was remanded in custody. He is due to next appear on April 17 for a bail application and then at Birmingham Crown Court on Monday, May 12.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man in his 40s faces driving offences after victim left with broken bones after being struck by&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22732,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,10586,748,393,4884,10145,16,15,8596,7830],"class_list":{"0":"post-22731","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-bordesley-green-and-small-heath","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-queen-elizabeth-hospital","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-west-midlands-ambulance-service","17":"tag-west-midlands-police"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114343516737834470","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22731","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=22731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22731\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}