Two teenagers dead after car leaves motorway bridge and crashes into minibus

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11 Apr 2026 • 4:24 PM MYT
The Independent
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  • Two teenagers died after their car left a road bridge and crashed onto the M1 carriageway, colliding with a minibus below.
  • The incident occurred on Friday, 10 April, at approximately 1.33pm, on Gilmorton Lane in Lutterworth, Leicestershire, near M1 junction 20.
  • The two occupants of the blue car, both teenagers, were pronounced dead at the scene.
  • Four people from the white Fiat Ducato minibus, including the driver and three women, were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries; the driver has since been discharged.
  • Leicestershire Police are appealing for witnesses or anyone with dashcam footage who was in the area at the time to contact them.

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