Tributes pour in for Birmingham bus stop crash victim
A woman killed in a bus crash in Birmingham on Saturday night has been named as Rebecca McManus. The 21-year-old from Oldbury died after a car ploughed into a bus stop on Hagley Road West.
A woman killed in a bus crash in Birmingham on Saturday night has been named as Rebecca McManus. The 21-year-old from Oldbury died after a car ploughed into a bus stop on Hagley Road West.
A Birmingham resident who witnessed the fatal collision at a bus-stop near Beechwood Road, has described how the driver 'lost control'.
Furquan Shamsi claims the car had been travelling at high speed before the crash:
He lost control, smashed into the bus stop and went into the girls waiting there. The noise was so loud and was just awful. The car ended up in the park about 100 yards down from the bus stop. The park was busy with people enjoying the weather, so I’m amazed more people weren’t hurt. I ran over to help and saw two women lying on the ground. The paramedics were trying to revive one of the girls by a tree on the park but it was clear she had already gone. It looked like the girls were heading into town to enjoy a night out and then that happens. It’s so tragic.
Sergeant Paul Hughes, in charge of the police investigation, said:
We need witnesses to come forward and help our enquiries. It doesn’t matter how minor you believe the information you hold is, it could be vital to us.
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