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Five Killed In M4 Motorway Crash
Updated: 10:49, Monday September 17, 2007
Five people have been killed in a two-car collision on the M4 motorway.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission is to investigate the accident "on the grounds that, prior to the incident, there was some form of police involvement".
Crash happened near NewportThe accident happened on the eastbound carriageway of the M4 between Junctions 25 and 25A in the Newport area of South Wales.
A spokesman for Gwent Police said: "We can confirm that there have been five fatalities as a result of a collision between a red Ford Mondeo and a red Volvo 940 in the early hours of this morning.
"One injured person has been taken to the Royal Gwent Hospital. The incident happened at approximately 3.15am.
"The identification of the deceased is currently being ascertained and their families informed."
A spokesman for the Welsh Ambulance Service said it was alerted at 3.15am and had an ambulance at the scene within five minutes.
The spokesman said three young men from one car died at the scene, along with a couple in the other car.
He said an 18-year-old man had been taken to the Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport with multiple fractures of his limbs.
The motorway was closed in both directions to allow collision investigators to carry out their inquiries.
The closure caused long tailbacks in and around the city as commuters tried to get to work in the rush hour.
A spokesman for Gwent Police said: "Following an earlier road traffic collision, it has been necessary to close the M4 from junctions 24 through to 28, in both directions.
"The closure is expected to last throughout the morning rush hour.
"Accordingly, Gwent Police has advised motorists this morning to avoid the motorway and seek alternate routes at the earliest opportunity, to complete their journeys.
"Every effort is being made to open up the carriageways of the M4 as soon as possible."
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It seems the Police were chasing the car with 4 youths in it when it joined the M4 on the wrong side innocently killing a couple traveling in the correct way...but the police car never went on the M4 when these youths did.............
Updated: 10:49, Monday September 17, 2007
Five people have been killed in a two-car collision on the M4 motorway.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission is to investigate the accident "on the grounds that, prior to the incident, there was some form of police involvement".
Crash happened near NewportThe accident happened on the eastbound carriageway of the M4 between Junctions 25 and 25A in the Newport area of South Wales.
A spokesman for Gwent Police said: "We can confirm that there have been five fatalities as a result of a collision between a red Ford Mondeo and a red Volvo 940 in the early hours of this morning.
"One injured person has been taken to the Royal Gwent Hospital. The incident happened at approximately 3.15am.
"The identification of the deceased is currently being ascertained and their families informed."
A spokesman for the Welsh Ambulance Service said it was alerted at 3.15am and had an ambulance at the scene within five minutes.
The spokesman said three young men from one car died at the scene, along with a couple in the other car.
He said an 18-year-old man had been taken to the Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport with multiple fractures of his limbs.
The motorway was closed in both directions to allow collision investigators to carry out their inquiries.
The closure caused long tailbacks in and around the city as commuters tried to get to work in the rush hour.
A spokesman for Gwent Police said: "Following an earlier road traffic collision, it has been necessary to close the M4 from junctions 24 through to 28, in both directions.
"The closure is expected to last throughout the morning rush hour.
"Accordingly, Gwent Police has advised motorists this morning to avoid the motorway and seek alternate routes at the earliest opportunity, to complete their journeys.
"Every effort is being made to open up the carriageways of the M4 as soon as possible."
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It seems the Police were chasing the car with 4 youths in it when it joined the M4 on the wrong side innocently killing a couple traveling in the correct way...but the police car never went on the M4 when these youths did.............