Four-year-old girl dies and two women suffer leg injuries after car plows into them as they walk down road: Two men, aged 21 and 24, arrested

A young girl has died and two women have been injured after a car plowed into them as they walked down a residential street in Birmingham.

Emergency services rushed to the scene in Upper Highgate Street at 9.45pm yesterday, following reports that four pedestrians had been mowed down by a vehicle.

Paramedics battled to save the child, but she was pronounced dead at the scene, while two women were taken to hospital with serious injuries.

A second child was also assessed by paramedics but did not require further treatment.

West Midlands Ambulance Service said three ambulances, two paramedics, a MERIT trauma doctor and two emergency medics were sent to the scene.

A spokeswoman for the service said: ‘On arrival crews found a car and four pedestrians had been involved in a collision.

‘One child, a woman, was in a critical condition and paramedics immediately began administering advanced life support.

– Despite everyone’s efforts, unfortunately she could not be saved and was confirmed dead at the scene.

West Midlands Ambulance Service said three ambulances, two paramedics, a MERIT trauma doctor and two emergency medics were sent to the scene

‘Two women were treated by medics for serious, but not life-threatening, injuries and were airlifted to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham for further treatment.

‘A fourth patient, a child, was assessed by paramedics but was not injured and was therefore discharged at the scene.’