Central Stourbridge News

An elderly pedestrian has died after a collision in Brierley Hill this afternoon.

Officers were called to reports of a lorry in collision with a 90-year-old man at the junction of High Street and Level Street just before 1.30pm.

The junction remains closed while officers investigate the circumstances of the collision.

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A group of friends had to be rescued by firefighters after three males tried to help a drunken girl who fell into a river.

Fire crews and paramedics were called to the scene at Mill Race Lane in Stourbridge at around 8:15pm last night.

None were seriously injured.

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A man is in a critical condition in hospital after crashing a car that police believe was stolen in a robbery minutes before the smash.

The unnamed man, thought to be in his 20s, was trapped inside the blue Ford Ka after it hit a stationary car and then a bus stop in Stourbridge.

Emergency services were alerted just before 02.00 this morning (1 December).

Wordesley High Street was closed for seven hours while crash investigators examined the scene for clues and eventually reopened at 9am.

"This investigation is at a very early stage and we are liaising with colleagues in our Collision Investigation Unit on the matter.

"The fact remains that this was a very serious collision which has left a young man fighting for his life. We need to understand what happened.

"With this in mind, I am urging anyone who may have seen the collision or the car in the lead up to the crash to get in touch."

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Children from a Stourbridge primary school have successfully sent a video camera to the edge of space. The camera was attached to a weather balloon and they also sent a tardis along!

The project cost just £100 and the team captured two and a half hours of footage in total.

The launch went without a hitch, but there was a near miss with the M5 on re-entry!

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A teenager who saved a schoolgirl's life when he intervened in a frenzied stabbing attack is being honoured for his bravery in the National 999 awards.

Ben Hudson, from Stourbridge, stepped in when he saw fellow pupil Chloe West being stabbed by her former boyfriend.

He received several injuries to his hands as he tried to help her. Samuel Gayzer-Tomlinson was ordered to serve 13 years in a young offenders institution.

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A 34-year-old man had to be rescued after falling 15ft down a man hole following the theft of the metal cover.

Emergency services were called to the incident in the Black Country after 3.40am this morning.

The man was walking his dog on Dunsley Road in Wollaston, Stourbridge when he fell 15ft down the hole.

A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman said:

“On arrival at the scene crews found a man who had fallen into a manhole. It was reported that the man was discovered after the dog he had been walking had returned home without its owner.

“Using specialist equipment the man was extricated from the hole and was treated at the scene for back pain. The man, believed to be in his 30’s, was fully immobilised before being conveyed to Russells Hall Hospital for further assessment and treatment.”

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West Indies legend Sir Garfield Sobers is visiting the Old Swinford Hospital - a school in Stourbridge. The 75 year-old is in the UK to promote Barbados and will be talking to students and invited guests about his career.

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