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| Football fans killed in M1 crash | Football fans killed in M1 crash |
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| Three men have been killed in a motorway crash on their way home from watching the England football team beat Kazakhstan at Wembley. | Three men have been killed in a motorway crash on their way home from watching the England football team beat Kazakhstan at Wembley. |
| The men were in a silver Ford Mondeo which left the M1 in South Yorkshire on Saturday night. The car went over a barrier and hit a road sign. | The men were in a silver Ford Mondeo which left the M1 in South Yorkshire on Saturday night. The car went over a barrier and hit a road sign. |
| Police said the men, aged 21, 23 and 25, were from Bradford, West Yorkshire. | Police said the men, aged 21, 23 and 25, were from Bradford, West Yorkshire. |
| The crash happened at 2140 BST on the northbound carriageway near junction 32, the exit slip road for the M18. | The crash happened at 2140 BST on the northbound carriageway near junction 32, the exit slip road for the M18. |
| South Yorkshire Police said the car was travelling in the fast lane before it moved across the motorway to the hard shoulder, where it went over a barrier and struck a road sign. | South Yorkshire Police said the car was travelling in the fast lane before it moved across the motorway to the hard shoulder, where it went over a barrier and struck a road sign. |
| It is not yet known who was driving the car. | It is not yet known who was driving the car. |
| Sgt Andy Noble, from South Yorkshire Police, said: "Sadly all three occupants of the vehicle were killed and obviously we are keen to try to trace any witnesses to that crash or any movements of that Mondeo prior to the collision." | |
| Relatives of the men have been informed but their names have not been released. | |