A man has been arrested after a pedestrian died when he was hit by a car in the West Midlands.
The man in his 40s was on foot on Birmingham Road, West Bromwich, when he was struck on Saturday just before 21:00 BST and died at the scene, police said.
The driver initially stopped at the scene, not far from West Bromwich Albion’s ground, The Hawthorns, but then drove off, they added.
A 64-year-old man was arrested on Sunday in Birmingham on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and of drink-driving and remained in custody.
Following a rare defeat in the Black Country earlier in the week, West Bromwich Albion will look to respond as Millwall arrive at The Hawthorns for a Championship clash on Saturday afternoon.
The Baggies were narrowly defeated by Middlesbrough on Tuesday night, whilst the Lions produced a below-par performance in South Wales, losing to basement dwellers Cardiff City.
Enjoying a six-game unbeaten run at the start of the 2024-25 Championship season, West Brom have been brought back down to Earth over the past week in the second tier, enduring back-to-back defeats to Sheffield Wednesday and Middlesbrough, consequently losing ground in the race for automatic promotion.
The Baggies had not conceded at the Hawthorns this season before Tuesday night’s visit of Michael Carrick’s Boro, who managed to escape back up to the North-East with maximum points courtesy of a long-range curler in the second period from England Under-21 international Hayden Hackney.
Failing to collect any points from their last two Championship matches, West Brom have dropped from first to fourth place in the early rankings as the October international break approaches, sitting one point behind second-placed Burnley and two points back from division-leading Sunderland.
