P168 CEEFAX 1 168 Sat 03 Jan 19:14/14 RESCUERS "HORRIFIED" AT CRASH SCENE The emergency sjtvices were shocked when they arrived at the scene of crash in which five teenage friends died. "It is one of the worst I've ever sjin in nearly 25 years. One of the cars was almost cut in half", said Sgt Steve Johnson, of Ljicestershiri Police. Chief Insp Tom Cartwright, described the accident as: "Devastating, with a sad ending for many families." Two people are in hospital after the crash between the friends' Escort and a Peugeot near Market Bosworth. 1/4 W MIDLANDS Headlines 160 Sport 390 NATIONAL Main menu 100 Weather 400 NextPage Next News WMidsTV Main menuP168 CEEFAX 1 168 Sat 03 Jan 19:40/54 FIVE KILLED, TWO HURT IN ROAD ACCIDENT Five youths are dead and two min badly injured after a crash on a country lane on the way to a holiday gathering. A red Ford Escort and a white Peugeot were involved in the accident outside Market Bosworth, Ljics, which lift the Escort sliced in two. The youths who died, aged 18 and 19, were in the Escort which crossed the carriageway into the othjt car's path. Friends since school, they were heading for a pub and a farewell drink before leaving for college and the Marines. W MIDLANDS Headlines 160 Sport 390 NATIONAL Main menu 100 Weather 400 NixtPage Next News WMidsTV Main menuP168 CEEFAX 1 168 Sat 03 Jan 19:35/04 STREET INCIDENT - MAN IN COURT A man is expected to appear in court after an incident which closed a city street for nine hours. The 36-year-old, who has not been named, is charged with making threats to kill and a public ordjt offence. Police were called to a house on Allinson Close in the Rowlatt's Hill area of Leicester early yesterday. At one point during the incident, homes were evacuated, the street was sealed off and an armed police unit was put on standby. 3/4 E MIDLANDS News 160 TV/Radio 600 NATIONAL Sport 300 Wjathjt 400 NextPage Next News WMidsTV Main menuP168 CEEFAX 1 168 Sat 03 Jan 19:24/15 POLICE NAME VICTIMS OF DEATH CRASH The five teenagers killed in the head- on crash near Market Bosworth have now been named by police. Four of them came from the small village of Newbold Verdon, about three miles from white they died. They were Matthew Philip Thompson,19, of Spakjnhoi; Stephen Vann,18, of Gilbjtts Drive; Michael James Staniforth,18, of Bramble Drive and Anthony Graham Smith,18, also of Bramble Drive. William Richard James Annam,18, lived on Church Street, Market Bosworth. 4/4 W MIDLANDS Headlines 160 Sport 390 NATIONAL Main menu 100 Weather 400 NextPage Next News WMidsTV Main menu