Three teens killed and one hurt as car hits tree in Oxfordshire

Three teenagers person died and a 4th is successful a life-threatening information aft the car they were travelling successful deed a tree.

The 4 were successful a metallic BMW that crashed connected the A415 successful Marcham, Oxfordshire, astatine astir 00:10 BST.

The passengers, 2 18-year-old men and a 17-year-old boy, each died. Police said their adjacent of kin person been told.

The driver, an 18-year-old antheral from Oxfordshire, remains successful infirmary with life-threatening injuries.

Sgt Matt Cadmore, from Thames Valley Police, said: "This is an highly tragic incidental which has resulted successful the deaths of 3 young men.

"Our thoughts stay with their families and friends astatine this highly hard time."

He urged anyone who witnessed the clang oregon with dashcam footage anterior to the collision to interaction the force.

Susie Jackson lives adjacent to the country of the collision and told the BBC: "Something needs to beryllium done astir the road, it's excessively dangerous.

"There's been astir 4 incidents successful the past mates of years and determination person been respective fatalities here."

Nearby nonmigratory Andrew James said helium was woken up astatine 02:00 by flashing bluish lights outside.

"There were astir 20 constabulary [officers] and 2 occurrence crews, and enactment conscionable down the roadworthy successful the trees," helium said.

Mr James added: "This is the 3rd superior mishap astatine astir precisely the aforesaid spot. It's an unexpected curve, surrounded by trees, which seems to make a achromatic spot.

"It is truthful bittersweet to spot yet different lawsuit similar this, particularly with specified tragic nonaccomplishment of life."