Mother trapped as car overturns
This is the scene of a crash in West Bromwich, which trapped a mother and saw her young child rescued by shocked onlookers.
The Peugeot 206 collided with another car yesterday, flipped over onto its roof and landed back on its wheels.
While residents living in Greenside Way, Yew Tree, rushed out and pulled the toddler free, the woman driver was trapped by the caved-in roof.
She was cut free by firefighters and lifted out on a spinal board through the roof.
She was taken to Sandwell Hospital.
Two crews of firefighters, from West Bromwich and Walsall, were sent to the scene, along with two ambulances and five police cars. Greenside Way resident Rob O'Loughlin, aged 47, said: "I heard one hell of a bang, and I went out to see what was happening. The roof on one side was completely caved-in.
"The young child was carried out of the car by my neighbour but the young woman driver was completely trapped."
He added: "This is always happening around here.
"It's a long, straight road but there's lots of turn-offs and cars pulling out. I've lived here for seven or eight years, and in that time I must have seen about 15 accidents. Someone's going to die one of these years."
The accident happened at around 8.30am, and the road was shut for 45 minutes while the woman was cut free from her car.
It is believed that four people, including an adult and three children, were travelling in the other car, and all were treated at the scene for minor injuries.
Watch commander Phillip Richards from West Bromwich fire station said: "The car had overturned and gone right over, so by the time we got there, it was back on its wheels.
"We had to cut the roof off so the ambulance staff could get her out on a spinal board."
