Six dead in horror multi-vehicle crash in Birmingham

Six people have been killed and a seventh is critically injured after a major multi-car crash in Birmingham.
The crash, described as ‘very serious’ happened on Lee Bank Middleway, near Edgbaston, at around 1.10am this morning.
A spokeswoman for West Midlands Police said there had been a ‘number of fatalities’ in the crash which has closed the stretch of road from Islington Row to Bristol Street.
The driver of a taxi died at the scene, along with a female passenger, while a male passenger died later in hospital.