Six people have been killed after a serious crash involving a car and a lorry near Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire, police said on Thursday.
Officers said the accident occurred about a mile south of the town on the A607 road shortly before 2 a.m.
Six young people in a Ford Mondeo car were killed while the 48-year-old lorry driver has been arrested in connection with the incident.
The road has been closed while further investigations take place.
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