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Matthew Dresch

Two Brit teens killed in Bolivia after car flips on world's largest salt flat

Two 19-year-old Brits died and another was injured when their car flipped over in a horror crash on the world's largest salt flat.

George Joseph Atkins and Freddie Michael McLennan reportedly lost their lives in the horror crash on the Salar de Uyuni flat, in Bolivia.

The 22-year-old Bolivian driver of the vehicle, Alberto Barco, also died in the tragedy, which left others injured, according to a report.

It is believed the driver was speeding and lost control of the vehicle after a blowout, which resulted in the vehicle flipping over.

Two 19-year-olds from England died in the crash - and another was injured (UYUNI CRUZ ANDINA)
The mangled wreckage of the car involved in the crash (UYUNI CRUZ ANDINA)

ANF agency reported that four people were wounded in the crash, including another 19-year-old man from England, two Argentines and a Uruguayan.

Salar de Uyuni is the world's largest salt flat and is one of the flattest places on Earth.

It is covered in a thin layer of water during the rainy season and becomes a mirror image of the sky.

In a description of the salt flat, Lonely Planet states: "When the surface is dry, the salar is a pure white expanse of the greatest nothing imaginable – just blue sky, white ground and you.

It is believed the vehicle overturned after a blowout (UYUNI CRUZ ANDINA)
Salar de Uyuni, amid the Andes in southwest Bolivia, is the world’s largest salt flat (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

"If you’re driving across the surface at such times, the effect is surreal; it’s hard to believe that you’re not flying through the clouds."

The flat was part of the Dakar Rally in recent years, with drivers racing across the 26,000-acre stretch of land.

The plane is so high up that it proved to be one of the most challenging parts of the annual rally.

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