{"id":608534,"date":"2025-12-03T01:18:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T01:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/608534\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T01:18:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T01:18:16","slug":"investigation-after-man-dies-after-being-hit-by-car-in-birmingham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/608534\/","title":{"rendered":"Investigation after man dies after being hit by car in Birmingham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>West Midlands Police&#8217;s Serious Collision Investigation Unit is now appealing<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0_076A6209JPG.jpg\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Police at the scene on City Road near Sandon Road junction, in Bearwood.(Image: Nick Wilkinson\/Birmingham Live)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">A man in his 60s who died after being struck by a car in Bearwood. The man passed away from his injuries in the hospital. The collision occurred shortly after 1 pm at the junction of City Road and Sandon Road . West Midlands Police&#8217;s Serious Collision Investigation Unit is now appealing for witnesses and dashcam footage to help them determine the circumstances of the fatal incident.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"UnorderedList_unordered-list__gzblI\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"unordered-list\" publication=\"birminghammail\">\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 VljCu\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Fatal Collision Confirmed:<\/strong> A man in his 60s has died after being hit by a car in the Bearwood area of Birmingham. He passed away from his injuries in the hospital following the incident.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"UnorderedList_unordered-list__gzblI\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"unordered-list\" publication=\"birminghammail\">\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 VljCu\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Incident Details:<\/strong> The fatal collision occurred near the junction of <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">City Road and Sandon Road<\/strong> shortly after <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">1 pm<\/strong> on October 29. The incident is being handled by the Serious Collision Investigation Unit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"UnorderedList_unordered-list__gzblI\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"unordered-list\" publication=\"birminghammail\">\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 VljCu\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Driver Remains at the Scene:<\/strong> The driver of the car involved in the collision remained at the scene following the incident. Police have stated their investigation is now focused on gathering outside evidence.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"UnorderedList_unordered-list__gzblI\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"unordered-list\" publication=\"birminghammail\">\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 VljCu\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Police Appeal for Witnesses:<\/strong> West Midlands Police are appealing to the public for help, specifically asking for drivers who were in the area to come forward. They are keen to see any <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">dashcam footage<\/strong> that might have captured the collision.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"UnorderedList_unordered-list__gzblI\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"unordered-list\" publication=\"birminghammail\">\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 VljCu\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Investigation Unit&#8217;s Focus:<\/strong> The Serious Collision Investigation Unit is carrying out ongoing inquiries to determine the exact circumstances of the crash. Detective Sergeant Paul Hughes extended thoughts to the family of the man who died, calling it a &#8220;desperately sad time.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"UnorderedList_unordered-list__gzblI\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"unordered-list\" publication=\"birminghammail\">\n<li class=\"sc-700e1ff3-0 VljCu\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">How to Contact Police:<\/strong> Anyone who witnessed the incident or has information is urged to call police on <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">101<\/strong> . Callers should quote the log number <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">2381 of October 29<\/strong> when contacting the force.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"West Midlands Police&#8217;s Serious Collision Investigation Unit is now appealingPolice at the scene on City Road near Sandon&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":608535,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,16,15,7830],"class_list":{"0":"post-608534","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"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115653005727907727","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608534","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=608534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608534\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/608535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=608534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=608534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=608534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}