Four men die after car crashes into house and catches fire in Wiltshire

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Imogen Braddick16 August 2020

Four young men have died after a car crashed into a house in Wiltshire.

Police said the collision took place on the A4 in Derry Hill, near Calne, at 3am on Sunday.

A vehicle crashed into the side of a house and subsequently caught fire, Wiltshire Police said.

The occupants of the house immediately called 999 and were evacuated while the fire service extinguished the blaze.

The four occupants of the vehicle - all young men from the local area - died at the scene, police said.

Nobody inside the house was injured.

Supt Steve Cox said: "This was an absolutely horrific collision on our roads in the early hours of this morning.

"All blue light services attended the scene and were met with devastating scenes after a vehicle appears to have been travelling along the A4 when it has collided with a house and caught on fire.

"All four occupants of the vehicle died at the scene. Their families have been informed and we are in the process of assigning each family with specialist trained officers.

"Our thoughts, and the thoughts of all at Wiltshire Police are with them all today."

Police said the A4 and the A342 remain closed while investigation and recovery work is ongoing at the scene of the collision.

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