Man and children hurt after car crash

A man and two children had an “almost miraculous” escape when the car they were travelling in went off a flyover and landed in a mangled heap on the road below, police said.

The silver Lexus was left on its side, with the bonnet caved in and other debris littering the stretch of road in Birmingham. Two children aged five and six were taken to hospital.

West Midlands Ambulance Service tweeted: “A man and two children have had an almost miraculous escape after the car they were on went off a flyover in Birmingham.”