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Some contradictions here about who suffered what injuries, but if passenger thrown from window and ended up underneath the cab then very lucky to have escaped with relatively minor injuries. Presumably not wearing a seatbelt though...

For what it's worth, there's a brief video of the cab being uprighted again, but in truth not that much to see.

Taxi passenger thrown out of window as cab overturns in horror Stratford Road crash

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Image: Birmingham Mail

Fire crews said the other car involved left the crash scene

A passenger was thrown through a taxi window and ended up beneath the overturned cab in a horror accident on one of Birmingham's busiest roads.

The victim hurtled through the back window when the taxi collided with a car in Stratford Road, Hall Green on Monday night.

Dramatic video and images from the scene, opposite Hall Green Health Centre, captured the aftermath of the smash at around 7.30pm.

The taxi was seen on its side in the middle of the road, surrounded by firefighters and police.

West Midlands Police taped off the scene and drivers were urged to avoid the area.

Astonishingly, the taxi driver was helped from the wreckage and suffered only minor injuries.

The female passenger was taken to hospital.

Firefighters later warned others: "Always wear your seatbelt".

A Facebook post from Billesley Fire Station read: "RTC Stratford Rd, Hall Green. 2 car collision.

"Passenger ejected through rear window ending up underneath rear quarter of vehicle.

"Fortunately only minor injuries and not trapped. Driver assisted out, uninjured.

"Other vehicle involved left scene. *Always* wear your seatbelt."

A spokeswoman for West Midlands Ambulance Service said: "We were called to reports of an RTC involving an overturned car in Hall Green just after 7.30pm last night.

"We sent one ambulance, one paramedic officer and a merit doctor. One patient, a woman, was taken to Heartlands Hospital for relatively minor injuries."