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| Six dead as lorry and car crash | Six dead as lorry and car crash |
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| Six young people have died in a crash between a car and a lorry in the early hours of the morning in Leicestershire. | Six young people have died in a crash between a car and a lorry in the early hours of the morning in Leicestershire. |
| A Ford Mondeo and the lorry collided on the A607 between Kirby Bellars and Melton Mowbray, police said. | A Ford Mondeo and the lorry collided on the A607 between Kirby Bellars and Melton Mowbray, police said. |
| The Mondeo's driver was confirmed as a 23-year-old local man. The passengers were an 18-year-old man, two women aged 18 and 19 and another man and a woman. | |
| The lorry driver, 48, was taken to hospital with chest injuries. The road has been closed for an investigation. | The lorry driver, 48, was taken to hospital with chest injuries. The road has been closed for an investigation. |
| Police have put local diversions in place. | Police have put local diversions in place. |
| The lorry driver, who is from Melton Mowbray but works for a firm at Grantham in Lincolnshire, was arrested but later released without charge. | The lorry driver, who is from Melton Mowbray but works for a firm at Grantham in Lincolnshire, was arrested but later released without charge. |
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| Sgt Simon Adkin, of Leicestershire Police, said: "We are still trying to establish their identities, but it believed the six young people were from the Leicester area. | Sgt Simon Adkin, of Leicestershire Police, said: "We are still trying to establish their identities, but it believed the six young people were from the Leicester area. |
| "A full investigation is taking place but the road is expected to be closed most of the day." | "A full investigation is taking place but the road is expected to be closed most of the day." |
| Officers were called to the scene about one mile (1.6km) south of Melton town centre at 0154 BST. | Officers were called to the scene about one mile (1.6km) south of Melton town centre at 0154 BST. |
| The car was travelling along the A607 towards Leicester when the accident took place. | The car was travelling along the A607 towards Leicester when the accident took place. |
| Emergency crews were unable to remove the bodies during the morning but ambulances drove to the scene shortly after 1300 BST. | Emergency crews were unable to remove the bodies during the morning but ambulances drove to the scene shortly after 1300 BST. |
| Joy Catlin, 47, who lives in the nearby village of Asfordby and can see the Kirby Bellars stretch of the A607 from her house, said: "There are a number of really bad bends along that road. | Joy Catlin, 47, who lives in the nearby village of Asfordby and can see the Kirby Bellars stretch of the A607 from her house, said: "There are a number of really bad bends along that road. |
| "If you don't know the road well, it's difficult to drive. There's an S-bend, followed by another bend - it's really bad." | "If you don't know the road well, it's difficult to drive. There's an S-bend, followed by another bend - it's really bad." |