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| Colchester murder arrest after man killed as car hits pub | Colchester murder arrest after man killed as car hits pub |
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| A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man died when a car hit a pub in Essex. | A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man died when a car hit a pub in Essex. |
| Police said a 36-year-old man died when the white Nissan Qashqai hit the Spinnaker Inn in Hythe Quay, Colchester, at about 00:30 GMT. | Police said a 36-year-old man died when the white Nissan Qashqai hit the Spinnaker Inn in Hythe Quay, Colchester, at about 00:30 GMT. |
| Three others who had been at the pub were taken to hospital, including a man who has life-changing injuries. | Three others who had been at the pub were taken to hospital, including a man who has life-changing injuries. |
| The 40-year-old man is also being held on suspicion of grievous bodily harm, death by dangerous driving and assault. | |
| Police said the seriously injured 34-year-old man was taken to hospital, along with a 34-year-old woman and a 33-year-old man who both had minor injuries. | Police said the seriously injured 34-year-old man was taken to hospital, along with a 34-year-old woman and a 33-year-old man who both had minor injuries. |
| Officers urged anyone who saw a white Nissan Qashqai before the crash to contact them, along with anyone in the pub who they have not spoken to. | Officers urged anyone who saw a white Nissan Qashqai before the crash to contact them, along with anyone in the pub who they have not spoken to. |
| They are also appealing for dashcam and mobile phone footage. | They are also appealing for dashcam and mobile phone footage. |
| The road was closed for seven hours and reopened at 09:00. | The road was closed for seven hours and reopened at 09:00. |
| At the scene | At the scene |
| By Jenny Kirk, BBC News | By Jenny Kirk, BBC News |
| The car has destroyed a wooden fence attached to the pub, which is the seating area for smokers. | The car has destroyed a wooden fence attached to the pub, which is the seating area for smokers. |
| You can see it has hit the brickwork as well. | You can see it has hit the brickwork as well. |
| Mandeep Sandhu lives close by and says the area is a residential area popular with students and the pub is busy, especially on a Sunday. | |
| "I went to sleep at about 23:00, all of a sudden, about an hour or two later, we heard a massive bang. | "I went to sleep at about 23:00, all of a sudden, about an hour or two later, we heard a massive bang. |
| "Because it was Halloween and Guy Fawkes, we put it down to fireworks. We didn't think anything of it and went back to sleep," he said. | "Because it was Halloween and Guy Fawkes, we put it down to fireworks. We didn't think anything of it and went back to sleep," he said. |
| "Then we woke up to this kind of carnage, it's bad." | "Then we woke up to this kind of carnage, it's bad." |
| He said he believed the pub was not as packed as normal as many people were possibly at parties elsewhere, so "it could have been a lot worse". | He said he believed the pub was not as packed as normal as many people were possibly at parties elsewhere, so "it could have been a lot worse". |