West Mercia Police are appealing for witnesses to a four car collision on the A456, Wassell Grove towards Halesowen, that happened on Saturday afternoon.

The collision happened around 1:15pm, when an Audi E-Tron, VW Passat, Ford Fiesta and Skoda Fabia collided. The driver of the Audi, a woman in her 40s, was sadly pronounced deceased at the scene.

A girl in the Audi was taken to the Birmingham Children’s Hospital.

Two men, 25 and 27, were arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and causing serious injury by dangerous driving.

Officers would like to speak to anybody who may have seen the collision or from anybody who has dash cam footage from around the time it happened.

Anyone with any information is asked to email sciusouth@westmercia.police.uk and quote incident number 00213_i of 19 October.

Alternatively, if you have information but don’t feel comfortable speaking to police, you can speak to the independent charity Crimestoppers. It is 100% anonymous, they never ask your name, and they cannot trace your call or IP address.

You can contact them online or by calling 0800 555 111.