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Two people injured as car rolls onto its side in two-vehicle crash

Two people were left left needing treatment after a two-car collision at a busy junction.

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The crash happened at the junction of High Street and Trinity Way. Photo: Google Street Map

The two cars collided at the junction of Trinity Street and High Street in West Bromwich shortly after 6pm on Tuesday evening,

Ambulance, fire and police crews arrived to find a car on its side, and the road was closed off in both directions while the scene was cleared.

Two patients were assessed for minor injuries, but were deemed to require no further treatment and were discharged at the scene.

A spokeswoman for West Midlands Ambulance Service said: "We were called at 6:12pm to reports of a two car RTC at the junction of Trinity Street and High Street.

"We sent an ambulance and paramedic officer to the scene.

"We assessed two patients with minor injuries and they were discharged at the scene."

A spokesman for West Midlands Fire Service said: "At 6.15pm on Tuesday, December 21, we responded to a road traffic collision in West Bromwich, at the junction of Trinity Street and High Street.

"Two fire engines and ten firefighters attended, from Handsworth and Smethwick fire stations, with the first crew arriving in five minutes.

"One of the two cars involved ended up on its side, but no-one was trapped.

"Two men are understood to have had precautionary checks from the ambulance service.

"Our crews made the scene safe and left shortly after 7pm."