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Four men killed and teenage girl in critical condition after Leeds crash

Police are appealing for information on the crash.

FOUR MEN ARE dead and a teenage girl is in a critical condition in hospital after a head-on collision in the English city of Leeds this morning.

West Yorkshire Police said the four men – aged 18, 19, 19 and 21 – died at the scene on Broadway, the A6120 Leeds Outer Ring Road, near to the junction with Bank Gardens in Horsforth at around 2.40am this morning.

The crash saw a grey Seat Leon car and a private hire vehicle, which was a grey Seat Alhambra people carrier collide. Those who died were among six occupants of the Leon.

Two girls, aged 16 and 17, from that vehicle were taken to hospital with serious injuries. The 16-year-old remains in a critical condition and the 17-year-old’s injuries are not considered life threatening. All those involved are local to the area.

The driver of the Alhambra, a 42-year of man from Bradford, was taken to hospital with injuries that are serious but are not considered life threatening.

Sergeant Fiona Hoodless, of West Yorkshire Police Major Collision Enquiry Team, said: “This is a very tragic incident where four young men have lost their lives and three other people are in hospital with serious injuries.

“The families of those involved are devastated by what has happened and we are doing everything we can to support them at this very difficult time.

Police are appealing for information on the crash.

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    Jan 12th 2019, 8:39 AM

    Gas

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    Jan 12th 2019, 8:41 AM

    @Jamie: I’d say you’re right. Gas leaks are the worst

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    Jan 12th 2019, 8:42 AM

    @Jamie: it’s not that funny

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    Jan 12th 2019, 8:55 AM

    @Jamie: yup, Police suspect it was a gas leak at a bakery

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    Jan 12th 2019, 8:58 AM

    Let’s hope no one has died please god

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    Jan 12th 2019, 10:37 AM

    @john: French media report that 2 are critically injured and there are 3 with severe injuries Hopefully they will all recover

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    Jan 12th 2019, 5:20 PM

    @john: so sad people are Dead r.i.p

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    Jan 12th 2019, 8:42 AM

    An accident for sure. It’s in the 9th so too off the beaten track to be anything else

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    Jan 12th 2019, 10:01 AM

    @Paul Quirke: I think it’s pretty clear it’s a gas leak, but saying that the 9th is too far off the beaten track to be anything else doesn’t make sense. The night of the Bataclan attacks, several small bars around the 10th were attacked (Le Carillon, Le Petit Cambodge).

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    Jan 12th 2019, 10:05 AM

    @Dermot O’Shea: the 9th is pretty quiet.. It may be beside 18 and 10 but it’s a lot quieter.

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    Jan 12th 2019, 9:33 AM

    The place looks a mess, the yellow vests will probably gather there an help with the clean up.

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    Jan 12th 2019, 9:26 AM
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    Jan 12th 2019, 9:38 AM

    @Noel: that lads a serious tool

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    Jan 12th 2019, 11:59 AM

    @Noel: wow, the comments section on that is scary. Macron did it to kill the yellow vest movement apparently. Some people need serious help. Also, they still have it described as a terrorist attack in the description. It was not

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    Jan 12th 2019, 12:50 PM

    @Noel: some seriously mixed up people in the world.

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    Jan 12th 2019, 3:38 PM

    @Noel: so massive explosion and this guy runs to it to stream it on line for some likes. Never mind the fact that he didn’t know the cause.

    Jesus we’re devolving!

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    Jan 12th 2019, 5:09 PM

    @Jim Buckley Barrett: to expose the false flag operation aimed at turning opinion against the yellow vest movement of course ;)

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