Deaths mark 'worst day' in road campaign's history

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Lewis Adams

BBC News, Essex

Essex Police, Essex Rebels Basketball, TikTok (Clockwise from apical left) Eva Darold-Tchikaya looking astatine her telephone successful beforehand of her face, TJ Hibbert successful his hoops apical for a squad portrait, Makyle Bayley successful reddish covering bouncing a hoops connected court, and Daljang Wol, besides successful his hoops kit successful a squad portrait

A roadworthy information radical said the deaths of six young radical successful 1 time marked the worst 24 hours successful its history.

Four students from the University of Essex died aft the car they were successful crashed into a gathering successful Colchester connected Saturday.

Almost 14 hours later, nine-year-old Darcie Casselden and her member Roman, 16, were fatally struck by a car successful Pitsea, adjacent Basildon portion riding an e-scooter.

"There has ne'er been this galore radical killed connected our roads successful a azygous time successful the 43 years we person connected record," the Safer Essex Roads Partnership (SERP) said.

Alan Bolster Old gathering with conception of ceramic partition demolished. There is simply a heap of bricks successful beforehand of the partition and 4 radical - wearing construction-type covering are lasting adjacent to the building. A representation of an owl is painted connected the gathering beforehand partition and the sanction Dusty's is written supra the beforehand doors.

The radical has a long-held ambition of eliminating each deaths and superior injuries connected the county's roads by 2040.

It brought unneurotic organisations including Essex Police, National Highways and section councils to run for roadworthy safety.

Essex Police Two Essex Police cars are connected the near of a roadworthy down bluish and achromatic constabulary tape. A conception of the roadworthy has been cordoned off. A constabulary serviceman is walking distant from the camera connected the close broadside of the road.

TJ Hibbert, 24, Makyle Bayley, 22, Daljang Wol, 22, and 21-year-old Eva Darold-Tchikaya died successful the clang successful Colchester connected Saturday.

They had been successful a car travelling successful Magdalen Street erstwhile it near the roadworthy astatine astir 04:40 GMT.

Prof Maria Fasli, vice-chancellor astatine the university, said they "touched the lives of truthful many".

The clang came astir 14 hours earlier the mishap successful Pitsea.

A antheral and a woman, some successful their 20s, were arrested connected suspicion of causing decease by unsafe driving and failing to halt astatine the country of the incidental successful transportation with the crash.

Jodie Halford/BBC Bunches of flowers are lying connected writer astatine the broadside of a road. Some person messages written connected them.

"We are collectively grieving these six tragic losses of lives," SERP said successful a connection posted connected Facebook.

"Behind each fig is simply a household facing unimaginable grief and our hearts spell retired to them."

The run radical said the incidents served arsenic a reminder "to enactment tirelessly" towards eliminating each roadworthy deaths.

It urged motorists to "pause and bespeak connected the calamity of this weekend" erstwhile they got down the wheel.

"These deaths are not acceptable, and we cognize the devastation and excruciating symptom volition person a ripple effect crossed truthful galore people," SERP added.

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