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| West London car crash: Three teenage boys killed after Audi slams into bus stop in Hayes | West London car crash: Three teenage boys killed after Audi slams into bus stop in Hayes |
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| Police say three teenage boys have been killed after a car was driven at speed into a bus stop. | Police say three teenage boys have been killed after a car was driven at speed into a bus stop. |
| All three boys, believed to be aged around 16, were declared dead at the scene, and the 28-year-old driver of a black Audi was arrested and taken to hospital for treatment. | All three boys, believed to be aged around 16, were declared dead at the scene, and the 28-year-old driver of a black Audi was arrested and taken to hospital for treatment. |
| A spokesperson for the Metropolitan police has issued an urgent appeal for witnesses, and said the incident is not being treated as terror related. | A spokesperson for the Metropolitan police has issued an urgent appeal for witnesses, and said the incident is not being treated as terror related. |
| Police were called to Shepiston Lane in Hayes at 8.41pm on Friday night following reports of a road traffic collision. | |
| Paramedics were also called to the scene but were unable to save the boys, who have yet to be formally identified. | |
| Other teenagers standing with the group at the bus stop, which is close to the Esso petrol station, were unharmed in the crash. | |
| All of the next of kin of the deceased have been informed, the Met Police said. | |
| Investigators have said they are still trying to establish the sequence of events that led up to the collision, and whether there were any other occupants in the vehicle. | |
| The road was closed while the incident was investigated, but the closure has since been lifted. | |
| Officers from the Met's Road and Transport Policing command have urged anyone who may have witnessed the crash to come forward. | |
| Detective Jane Shaw, of the Serious Collision Investigation Unit, said: "These are horrific circumstances that have resulted in three young people losing their lives; I need anyone who saw what happened to contact police immediately. | |
| "Did you see this Audi before the collision, or in the moments leading it up to it? I would urge you to speak to us to assist us with our investigation." | |
| Additional reporting by PA | |