PASSENGERS managed to climb safely out of a car after it ended up eight feet into an embankment this morning.

Emergency services were alerted to the crash off Headley Heath Lane, Kings Norton, at 10.44am on Sunday (March 17) and firefighters from Bromsgrove and Kings Norton Fire Stations were sent to the scene.

The car had left the roadway and ended up approximately eight feet into an embankment.

The fire service said the occupants of the vehicle had "very luckily" self-extricated before they arrived.

Firefighters worked to make the scene safe and the incident was left with West Mercia Police and West Midlands Ambulance Service.