Four men have died and a teenage girl is critically ill after a car and a taxi collided in Leeds early on Saturday, West Yorkshire police have said.
All four victims – two aged 19, one 18 and another 21 – were pronounced dead at the scene on the A6120 in Horsforth. They were among six people travelling in a Seat Leon, police said.
Two teenage girls who were also in the car sustained serious injuries and were taken to hospital. One, aged 16, remains in critical condition, while the other, 17, is not thought to have life-threatening injuries.
Police said all those involved were local residents.
A 42-year-old man from Bradford, who was driving a Seat Alhambra taxi, was taken to hospital with serious but non life-threatening injuries.
Sgt Fiona Hoodless said the Seat Leon was travelling at speed at the time of the collision.
“We are carrying out extensive inquiries to establish the full circumstances surrounding this incident, and that investigation is still at a very early stage,” she said. “We would like to hear from anyone who witnessed the collision itself or saw the circumstances leading up to it.”
Officers were doing everything possible to support the families of those involved, Hoodless said.
Ch Insp Richard Padwell, of Leeds district police, said: “The deaths of four young people in these circumstances is clearly very tragic and our thoughts and condolences go out to everyone affected by it.
“We don’t underestimate the impact that the deaths of these young people will be having in the community and we would ask that people focus on supporting each other and supporting the police investigation.”
Anyone with information can call the West Yorkshire police major collision inquiry team on 101 quoting log number 266 of Saturday 30 June.
