Six people killed in UK road accident

LONDON -- Six people were killed and several others injured in a multiple-vehicle crash in the central British city of Birmingham early Sunday, police said.

The Sky News reported that three people were injured, with one in critical conditions.

A police spokeswoman said the road was closed after the traffic incident, which happened on Belgrave Middleway near Edgbaston at about 0100 GMT.

Police tweeted that this was a "very serious incident", and that the scene was "very difficult and upsetting", asking witnesses to contact them.

The BBC reported that the driver of a black cab died at the scene, along with a female passenger, while a male passenger died later in hospital.

Four men in a car were all thrown from their vehicle and three of them died at the scene. The fourth is in a critical condition.

Police said there were a total of six cars involved in the crash.

The ambulance service said a man and a woman received treatment for minor injuries, another man was discharged after being assessed by paramedics and another said he did not need any assistance.

The West Midlands Fire Service said 40 firefighters were sent to the scene in the wake of the "horrific" crash.