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Nailsea crash suspect held after Alex Gould's death bailed | |
(about 7 hours later) | |
A driver held over the death of a teenager after a car crashed into four pedestrians has been released on bail. | |
Two people were also badly injured when the vehicle ploughed into the group in Nailsea, near Bristol on Sunday. | Two people were also badly injured when the vehicle ploughed into the group in Nailsea, near Bristol on Sunday. |
The Volvo hit two men, Alex Gould, 18, and a 20-year-old and then struck a man and a woman before smashing into a telegraph pole, at about 05:00 GMT. | |
Two men and the woman were taken to Southmead Hospital where Mr Gould died, Avon and Somerset police said. | |
The man Mr Gould was with is in a critical condition, but the fourth person hit by the car - a man who was walking with the injured woman - was treated at the scene but did not require hospital treatment. | |
Police said the victims, who were in two groups of two, were were walking along Clevedon Road near the fire station when the crash happened. | |
The road was closed for most of the day on Sunday as police carried out an investigation at the scene. | The road was closed for most of the day on Sunday as police carried out an investigation at the scene. |
The 22-year old male driver, from north Somerset, was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving, driving a motor vehicle while above the alcohol limit; and possession of a controlled Class A drug. | The 22-year old male driver, from north Somerset, was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving, driving a motor vehicle while above the alcohol limit; and possession of a controlled Class A drug. |
Mr Gould's family said he was "the perfect son, brother, nephew, grandson and cousin". |
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