A driver was seriously injured today after his car collided with a stationary lorry on a busy commuter route during rush hour in South Staffordshire.

Two builders who were first on the scene of a horror smash on the M54 near Wolverhampton which left a man with life-threatening serious injuries today spoke of how they tried to help him.

A woman died after falling from a bridge over the M54 near Wolverhampton.

A driver suffered serious injuries today after his car collided with a lorry on the M54 near Wolverhampton.

Motorists face more than 18 months of hold-ups during work to open a fourth lane of the M6 on a 10-mile stretch of the motorway from this June, it can be revealed today.

Two people were killed and three others injured in a number of crashes on roads across the West Midlands. A man and woman died instantly when their powerful silver Mercedes hurtled off the road  on the approach to the Keyway island, near Willenhall.

Rush hour drivers on the M54 faced delays and tailbacks after two crashes in 24 hours.

Suspected cable thieves sparked a blaze in a substation next to the M6 near Walsall today, knocking out the signal to an overhead gantry.

Drivers suffered 13 miles of tailbacks and delays of almost two hours after a lorry overturned where the M6 joins the M6 Toll road in Staffordshire.

Major roadworks on a busy dual carriageway in South Staffordshire mean it will not need to be maintained for around 20 years, bosses said today.