Stolen car crashes into Black Country bus stop five minutes after being taken
A car crashed into a bus stop in the Black Country five minutes after it was stolen off its owner's drive.
The Ford was stolen from the Beaconview Road area in West Bromwich between 9 and 10pm on Thursday.
But within minutes it had been abandoned after crashing into a car and then a nearby bus stop.
The bus shelter windows were shattered and the windscreen of the stolen vehicle was cracked and the thieves fled the scene.
A teenage boy and a man who were not in the stolen car were treated by paramedics but did not require hospital treatment.
A West Midlands Police spokesman said: "We're investigating after a black Ford Fiesta was stolen in Beacon View Road, West Bromwich last night (25 March).
"The stolen car crashed into a bus stop a short distance away and the suspects fled the scene.
"The vehicle has been recovered and enquires are ongoing. Anyone with information should get in touch quoting crime number 20SW/85699A/21."
A spokeswoman from West Midlands Ambulance Service, said: "We were called at 9:53pm last night to reports of a two car RTC on Beaconview Road.
"We sent one ambulance to the scene and treated two patients, a teenage boy and man for minor injuries and they were discharged at the scene."
