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A boy, 16, has been killed and a fellow teen injured after a Seat Ibiza allegedly crashed into a set of railings - with a 19-year-old man arrested over the death.
Police were called to the collision on Shaftmoor Lane in Birmingham at around 8.30pm on Saturday, West Midlands Police said.
Despite the best efforts of paramedics, the boy inside the vehicle was pronounced dead at the scene, the force added.
A second passenger, a boy in his teens, was rushed to hospital with a serious arm injury.
A man was arrested at the scene on suspicion of causing death and serious injury by dangerous driving and failing to provide a breath specimen, police said. He remains in custody for questioning.
Officers from the serious collision investigation unit are appealing for dashcam footage from around the time of the collision to get in touch.
A police spokesperson said: 'Specialist officers from Serious Collision Investigation Unit are asking that anyone who has dashcam footage from around the time of the collision to get in touch.
'Witnesses are being spoken with and anyone who is yet to speak with us is also asked to get in contact.'