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| Two 17-year-old girls from Rhondda, south Wales have died after the car they were in lost control on a wet road and was in a head-on collision. | Two 17-year-old girls from Rhondda, south Wales have died after the car they were in lost control on a wet road and was in a head-on collision. |
| Police said the MG Rover ZR the girls were in collided with a black Audi A3 going in the opposite direction on the A465 Heads of the Valley road. | Police said the MG Rover ZR the girls were in collided with a black Audi A3 going in the opposite direction on the A465 Heads of the Valley road. |
| The Welsh Ambulance Service said the two girls died at the scene. | The Welsh Ambulance Service said the two girls died at the scene. |
| Three men in the other car were taken to hospital in Merthyr Tydfil. Police are appealing for witnesses. | Three men in the other car were taken to hospital in Merthyr Tydfil. Police are appealing for witnesses. |
| Insp Wayne Tucker, of South Wales Police, said the girls were from the Treherbert and Blaencwm areas of Rhondda. Their next-of-kin have been informed. | |
| The injured men, who were taken to Prince Charles hospital in Merthyr Tydfil with minor injuries, were travelling in the Audi A3. | The injured men, who were taken to Prince Charles hospital in Merthyr Tydfil with minor injuries, were travelling in the Audi A3. |
| Raining heavily | Raining heavily |
| He said the MG Rover had been travelling towards Merthyr Tydfil when "for reasons yet to be established the vehicle lost control". | He said the MG Rover had been travelling towards Merthyr Tydfil when "for reasons yet to be established the vehicle lost control". |
| The crash happened at about 1350 GMT on Saturday between Hirwaun and Baverstocks. | The crash happened at about 1350 GMT on Saturday between Hirwaun and Baverstocks. |
| "At the time of the collision the weather was poor as it was raining heavily and the road surface was very wet," Insp Tucker said. | "At the time of the collision the weather was poor as it was raining heavily and the road surface was very wet," Insp Tucker said. |
| Insp Paul Hearse later confirmed the dead girls were the only people travelling in the MG Rover. | Insp Paul Hearse later confirmed the dead girls were the only people travelling in the MG Rover. |
| "There were three people in the other car. The driver of that car was a man who suffered minor injuries and is very shaken up," he said. | "There were three people in the other car. The driver of that car was a man who suffered minor injuries and is very shaken up," he said. |
| Anyone who saw the MG Rover travelling from the Rhondda towards Merthyr along the A465 is asked to contact the Serious Collision Investigation unit on 02920 633438, or their local police station. | Anyone who saw the MG Rover travelling from the Rhondda towards Merthyr along the A465 is asked to contact the Serious Collision Investigation unit on 02920 633438, or their local police station. |