Coventry: Pedestrian and cyclist hit by car die from injuries

Two radical who were deed by a car successful abstracted incidents successful Coventry person died from their injuries.

West Midlands Police said 2 pedestrians were deed successful Gosford Street astatine 08:00 BST connected Sunday, earlier a cyclist was struck successful Woodway Lane.

A 44-year-old pedestrian struck successful Gosford Street and the cyclist person since died.

Officers are continuing to question a 33-year-old antheral successful transportation with the collisions.

The unit said the car aboriginal crashed into a location successful Beckbury Road, wherever a antheral was arrested astatine astir 09:00.

The different pedestrian injured successful Gosford Street is being treated for injuries not believed to beryllium life-threatening.

Supt Ronan Tyrer said: "We person present informed the families of each those progressive successful today's tragic incidents and our thoughts stay firmly with them astatine this genuinely devastating time.

"We are inactive successful the precise aboriginal stages of our investigations and we person respective scenes crossed Coventry which besides means that immoderate roads volition beryllium closed for a sizeable time."

Gosford Street, Woodway Lane and surrounding roads volition beryllium closed arsenic officers investigate.

Police person appealed for witnesses and are looking astatine CCTV footage.

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