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| Bristol hit-and-run: 'Shock' at cyclists' deaths | Bristol hit-and-run: 'Shock' at cyclists' deaths |
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| Residents have spoken of their shock at the deaths of two cyclists in an apparent hit-and-run crash in Hanham near Bristol. | Residents have spoken of their shock at the deaths of two cyclists in an apparent hit-and-run crash in Hanham near Bristol. |
| A man and a woman, believed to be on a tandem, were killed on Lower Hanham Road just before 16:00 GMT. | A man and a woman, believed to be on a tandem, were killed on Lower Hanham Road just before 16:00 GMT. |
| The driver of a Citroen car involved in the crash fled the scene. A 38-year-old man later handed himself in to police. | The driver of a Citroen car involved in the crash fled the scene. A 38-year-old man later handed himself in to police. |
| Andrea Swerley, 28, who lives nearby, said: "It's just a shock, nothing like this has happened here before." | Andrea Swerley, 28, who lives nearby, said: "It's just a shock, nothing like this has happened here before." |
| She added: "We got home and saw a helicopter in the air overhead and looking up the road, which they were just closing, we could see lots of police." | She added: "We got home and saw a helicopter in the air overhead and looking up the road, which they were just closing, we could see lots of police." |
| 'Rapid response' | 'Rapid response' |
| The landlord of The Queens Head pub, Patrick Murphy, said: "It's just not nice that this has happened around here." | The landlord of The Queens Head pub, Patrick Murphy, said: "It's just not nice that this has happened around here." |
| Officers set up a cordon round the scene of the crash and closed the road. | Officers set up a cordon round the scene of the crash and closed the road. |
| Numerous investigators scoured the area and two white tents were set up in the street. | Numerous investigators scoured the area and two white tents were set up in the street. |
| A spokesperson for Great Western Ambulance Service said: "We sent an ambulance, paramedics, a rapid response vehicle and had an officer at the scene to liaise with the other services. But unfortunately both the patients were beyond help at the scene." | A spokesperson for Great Western Ambulance Service said: "We sent an ambulance, paramedics, a rapid response vehicle and had an officer at the scene to liaise with the other services. But unfortunately both the patients were beyond help at the scene." |
| Detectives said the 38-year-old man who handed himself in at a police station has been arrested and will be questioned later. | |
| Officers have appealed for information about the crash. | Officers have appealed for information about the crash. |