One dead, two injured after car crash in Somerset, England

September 19, 2010

A man has died and another man and a woman are injured after a road traffic accident in Somerset, England, United Kingdom. At approximately 02:00 (01:00 ) yesterday, a  that was carrying the three along the  in  &mdash; close to the location of  &mdash; struck a telegraph pole before becoming stationary in a hedge and subsequently caught fire.

The 19-year-old male driver died at the location of this one-vehicle collision. The male passenger and female passenger, both of which were also teenage, were transported to. The road &mdash; which electricity cables had fallen onto &mdash; was closed down for approximately nine hours, with the fire service and police present.

It is thought that the A-road has now been re-opened. The police have commenced an investigation to attempt to establish the chain of events.