Birmingham travel misery: Police quiz danger driver suspect after crash
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The 23-year-old was detained on suspicion of dangerous driving and failing to stop after a VW Golf collided with a van and a blue BMW X1 under a railway bridge at the at the point Manor Road becomes Spring Road, in the Ettingshall area of Wolverhampton, just after 11am on Saturday.
Four people - the suspect, a woman and two children - were taken to hospital afterwards.
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Hide AdFire quickly engulfed the two cars, with the Golf also crashing into the bridge which carries the railway between Wolverhampton and Birmingham.
The resulting impact led to the railway being closed for several hours on Saturday, with numerous trains cancelled, while the fire was put out and the bridge checked for damage.
The blaze also damaged signalling equipment, reducing train services between Wolverhampton and Birmingham on Saturday evening and throughout Sunday, with rail replacement buses also being used across the two days to help support services to Shrewsbury and Crewe.
West Midlands Police confirmed that a man, who was driving the Golf, had been arrested and taken to hospital for treatment.
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