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| Teenager charged over Leeds car crash deaths | Teenager charged over Leeds car crash deaths |
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| A 15-year-old boy has been charged with causing the deaths of five people when a car crashed into a tree in Leeds. | A 15-year-old boy has been charged with causing the deaths of five people when a car crashed into a tree in Leeds. |
| Three boys and two men, who were all travelling in the car, were killed in the crash on a suburban street on Saturday night. | Three boys and two men, who were all travelling in the car, were killed in the crash on a suburban street on Saturday night. |
| West Yorkshire police said the suspect would appear at Leeds magistrates court on Wednesday morning, charged with five counts of causing death by dangerous driving. | West Yorkshire police said the suspect would appear at Leeds magistrates court on Wednesday morning, charged with five counts of causing death by dangerous driving. |
| The victims have been named as Ellis Thornton-Kimmitt, 12, his brother, Elliot Thornton-Kimmitt, 14, Darnell Harte, 15, Robbie Meerun and Anthony Armour, both 24. | The victims have been named as Ellis Thornton-Kimmitt, 12, his brother, Elliot Thornton-Kimmitt, 14, Darnell Harte, 15, Robbie Meerun and Anthony Armour, both 24. |
| Police believe six people were in the black Renault Clio when it crashed in Stonegate Road in the Meanwood area of Leeds shortly before 10pm. | |
| The car had been stolen in the Headingley area of Leeds at 6.30pm the same evening. | |
| On Monday, Detective Chief Inspector Jim Griffiths told reporters that emergency services had been confronted by “a scene of total carnage” when they arrived. | |
| Relatives of the dead brothers were among a succession of people who have visited the growing shrine of flowers, balloons, candles and messages at the crash scene. | |
| The 15-year-old was taken to hospital with serious but not life-threatening injuries after the crash. |