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| Head-on crash kills two girls, 17 | Head-on crash kills two girls, 17 |
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| Two 17-year-old girls have died after police say the car they were in lost control on a wet road in heavy rain and was in a head-on collision. | Two 17-year-old girls have died after police say the car they were in lost control on a wet road in heavy rain and was in a head-on collision. |
| South Wales Police said the MG Rover ZR collided with a black Audi A3 going in the opposite direction on the A465 heads of the valleys road near Merthyr. | South Wales Police said the MG Rover ZR collided with a black Audi A3 going in the opposite direction on the A465 heads of the valleys road near Merthyr. |
| The Welsh Ambulance Service said the girls, both from Rhondda, died at the scene. | The Welsh Ambulance Service said the girls, both from Rhondda, died at the scene. |
| Three men in the other car had minor injuries and were taken to hospital. | Three men in the other car had minor injuries and were taken to hospital. |
| 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. | 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, were travelling in the Audi A3. | The injured men, who were taken to Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr, were travelling in the Audi A3. |
| The crash was on Saturday between Hirwaun and Merthyr | |
| He said the MG Rover had been travelling towards Merthyr when "for reasons yet to be established the vehicle lost control". | He said the MG Rover had been travelling towards Merthyr when "for reasons yet to be established the vehicle lost control". |
| The crash happened at about 1350 GMT on Saturday between Hirwaun and Merthyr. | The crash happened at about 1350 GMT on Saturday between Hirwaun and Merthyr. |
| "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 Rhondda towards Merthyr along the A465 is asked to contact police on 02920 633438, or their local police station. | Anyone who saw the MG Rover travelling from Rhondda towards Merthyr along the A465 is asked to contact police on 02920 633438, or their local police station. |