Two dead and third in hospital after car plunges into icy river
Two people were killed when a Ford Fiesta swerved off a road in Kent and landed in an ice-cold river.
A third person from the same car has been taken to hospital following the incident near the village of Iwade.
One of the victims is believed to be a young girl, whose boyfriend is thought to have been injured.
Friends of the girl were seen leaving flowers and other tributes at the scene, with one saying she had ‘known her all her life’.
Emergency services were called to the scene at around 8.30pm on Saturday, with police, ambulance and the fire service attending.
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The car was later recovered from the river.
Three other vehicles, understood to be from separate crashes, were in the river nearby.
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