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Four dead in Lake District crash Four dead in Lake District crash
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Four people have been killed and three others injured in a road crash in the Lake District, police said.Four people have been killed and three others injured in a road crash in the Lake District, police said.
The driver and two passengers of a Ford Fiesta and the driver of a Vauxhall Astra died in the collision.The driver and two passengers of a Ford Fiesta and the driver of a Vauxhall Astra died in the collision.
A third car, a Chrysler Neon, was also involved in the crash at about 2000 BST on Saturday on the A595 in Moota, near Cockermouth in Cumbria. A third car, a Chrysler Neon, was also involved in the accident at about 2000 BST on Saturday on the A595 in Moota, near Cockermouth in Cumbria.
The cause of the accident, which happened on a long, straight stretch of the road, is not known. An inquiry into the cause of the crash, which happened on a long, straight stretch of the road, has begun.
Cumbria Police closed the road overnight and an inquiry was under way. Drivers were advised to avoid the area. A woman who was a front seat passenger in the Fiesta was taken to West Cumberland Hospital, in Whitehaven, after suffering "serious injuries", Cumbria Police said.
The male driver of the Neon and his male front seat passenger suffered minor injuries and were taken to the same hospital.
The A595 between Bothel and Papcastle was closed for several hours but reopened at 0330 BST on Sunday.