Armed police were deployed to a residential street in Dudley following reports that a man involved in a car crash was armed with a machete.

West Midlands Police were called to Buffery Road at 3.24pm on Thursday, with the vehicle having crashed into multiple parked cars.

One of the people inside was said to have been in possession of a machete and a police spokesman confirmed that firearms officers had been sent to the scene.

The road remained closed until gone 11pm as police searched the area and spoke to witnesses to the incident, which they believe was a dispute "between two groups" and is not being treated as terrorism-related.

A male pedestrian was taken to hospital with leg injuries after being hit by the car.


His daughter-in-law said there was more than one man travelling in the car and another "waving a machete around".

She told BirminghamLive: "It was my father-in-law and my partner who got hit by the car.

Ongoing police incident in Dudley - man seen with machete - car involved in a collision - big police response but NOT being treated as terrorism at this stage. — Tom Parmenter (@TomSkyNews) April 5, 2018

"My father-in-law is in a very bad way in hospital. He was crashed by the car which came hurtling down the street.

"The car hit my dog first, then my partner. It almost hit my sister too.

"I heard a bang and we came out of the house. That's when I saw the men in the car and one of them was waving a machete around.

"It's just a waiting game now. My father-in-law has been sedated and has been badly hurt."

Another witness, Melissa Insull, 33, told the newspaper she saw the car "speeding down the street" then hitting "the dog and then the elderly man".

"It's getting worse around here and I want to move," she said.

"I don't feel safe and I have my father to look after, who is 73. There was a stabbing here not so long ago. We just want to get away from here."

:: Anybody with information about the incident is asked to contact West Midlands Police on 101 quoting log 1533 of 05/04/2018.