Fifteen-Year-Old Charged Over Five Deaths After Stolen Car Hit Tree in Leeds

Fifteen-Year-Old Charged Over Five Deaths After Stolen Car Hit Tree in Leeds
A crime scene investigator photographs the site of a car crash in which five people, including three children, were killed after a stolen car crashed into a tree on Stonegate Road, in Leeds, northern England on Nov. 25, 2017. Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty Images
Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
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A 15-year-old was due to appear in a Leeds court today charged with causing the deaths of five young people in a crash over the weekend described by police as “carnage.”

Three children and two young adults were killed when the stolen car they were travelling in crashed into a tree on Stonegate Road, Meanwood on Saturday Nov. 25.

“The teenager, whose identity cannot be released for legal reasons, has been charged with five counts of causing death by dangerous driving in relation to a collision in Stonegate Road, Meanwood, on Saturday,” said a statement from West Yorkshire Police.

Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
Simon Veazey is a UK-based journalist who has reported for The Epoch Times since 2006 on various beats, from in-depth coverage of British and European politics to web-based writing on breaking news.
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