Three people have died and two people have been left seriously injured in a crash on the A38 in the early hours of Saturday morning (April 23). Emergency services were called to the incident, which involved one car, at around 2.15am.
The car, a silver Ford Focus, was on the southbound carriageway of the A38, near to the exit for the B600 at Somercotes, when it left the road and collided with a tree. Two women and a man died at the scene.
Their families are aware and are being supported by specially-trained police officers. A man and a woman were taken to hospital with serious injuries. They both remain in hospital, the man in a critical condition and the woman in a stable condition.
