Two men have been arrested on suspicion of drug-driving after a nine-year-old girl died in a crash in Birmingham.

Two cars were involved in a collision in the Hockley area of the city at around 11pm on Thursday, police said.

The girl was a passenger in one of the vehicles and was taken to hospital with serious injuries, but died a short while later.

Two men, aged 22 and 23, who were driving a BMW, were arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and driving while unfit through drugs.

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A woman and two other children from the same car as the nine-year-old girl were taken to hospital to be assessed by doctors, West Midlands Police said.

The force said in a statement following the girl’s death: “Our thoughts are with her loved ones at this devastating time.”

A worker in the local area who saw the aftermath of the crash said one vehicle came to rest on a pavement near the wall of a railway bridge, with another badly damaged car left in the middle of Icknield Street, a busy dual carriageway.

A nearby resident, who did not see the crash and did not wish to be named, said: “It’s a terrible tragedy for the girl’s family.

“There have been fatal accidents on this road in the past, but not in the past few years. It’s just a shock. It’s awful.”