Man and two children killed after A5 crash

A man and two children have died following a crash which closed the A5 in Hinckley on Friday afternoon.

Police were called to the area near Burbage at 4.24pm to a report of a collision involving a silver BMW car and a lorry.

A nine-year-old boy died at the scene alongside  the driver of the car, a man in his 30s. A four-year-old-girl was taken to hospital where she later died. A woman in her 30s remains in a serious condition in hospital. They were both passengers in the car. 

The driver of the lorry was not seriously injured.

West Midlands Ambulance Service, East Midlands Ambulance Service and Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service were also in attendance.

A road closure remained in place in the area while emergency services attended the scene. The road was reopened at around 12.25am on Saturday morning. 

Officers are continuing to carry out an investigation to establish the full circumstances of the incident.

Detective Constable Anna Andrew, from the Serious Collision Investigation Unit, said: “This is an extremely sad and tragic incident and our thoughts remain with those who have lost their lives, their families and with others involved and who have been affected.

“Emergency services attended the scene and we know members of the public also assisted at the scene when the collision happened – thank you to everyone who responded and helped in these devastating and extremely distressing circumstances.

“We are continuing to provide full support to the families of the people involved and to investigate the collision to establish the full circumstances in relation to what has happened.

“We have already spoken to a number of people as part of our enquiries. However, if you do have any information in relation to the collision, if you saw the collision or if you saw either of the vehicles travelling beforehand, please do make contact with police if you have not already done so. If you have any dashcam footage, please also check this and get in touch with us to help us with our enquiries.