Five family members die in crash

London - Five members of the same family, two adults and three children, were killed and another 25 people were injured when …

London - Five members of the same family, two adults and three children, were killed and another 25 people were injured when a coach and a car were in collision last night, police said.

The accident, which happened on the A16 Louth bypass in Lincolnshire shortly before 6 p.m., may have also involved a motorcycle, the county's police added.

A police spokesman said all the casualties were being taken to a hospital in Grimsby.

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