Great Barr taxi driver dies after crash
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A taxi driver has died after a crash in Great Barr at the weekend.
The 60-year old taxi driver is believed to have suffered a medical episode before his car crashed into another vehicle outside Asda in Aldridge Road, during the early hours of Sunday morning (March 13).
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A spokesman for West Midlands Police, said: “A man sadly died following a collision in Aldridge Road, Great Barr in the early hours of this morning (March 13).
“It happened at around 3.45am. It’s understood a taxi driver, aged 60, suffered a medical episode at the wheel before crashing into another car.
“He suffered a cardiac arrest on route to hospital and couldn’t be revived.
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Hide Ad“Two people travelling in the other vehicle suffered head injuries but weren’t seriously hurt.”
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