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Three killed in quad bike collision with sports car | |
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Three people have been killed after the quad bike they were riding collided with a sports car. | Three people have been killed after the quad bike they were riding collided with a sports car. |
Two women and a man died at the scene on the A6201, between Upton and Hemsworth, near Wakefield. They have not yet been named by police. | Two women and a man died at the scene on the A6201, between Upton and Hemsworth, near Wakefield. They have not yet been named by police. |
Two men, aged 21 and 22, who were in the bronze-coloured Nissan sports car, have been arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving. They were still in police custody. | Two men, aged 21 and 22, who were in the bronze-coloured Nissan sports car, have been arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving. They were still in police custody. |
West Yorkshire police, who were called just after midnight on Sunday, warned drivers to avoid the area as emergency services continued to work at the scene. | |
Det Ch Insp Richard Holmes said: “Clearly this has been a very serious and tragic incident with multiple casualties and inquiries are expected to be ongoing on that part of the A6201 for the majority of the day.” | Det Ch Insp Richard Holmes said: “Clearly this has been a very serious and tragic incident with multiple casualties and inquiries are expected to be ongoing on that part of the A6201 for the majority of the day.” |
He said detectives were appealing for witnesses, including anyone who saw the incident, or the quad bike or the Nissan being driven, before the collision happened. |