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| Three British tourists killed in car crash in Iceland | Three British tourists killed in car crash in Iceland |
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| Three British tourists including a child have been killed after a 4x4 crashed while crossing a bridge in Iceland. | Three British tourists including a child have been killed after a 4x4 crashed while crossing a bridge in Iceland. |
| Four other people, including two children, were critically injured during the incident, which occurred at about 9.30am on Thursday, when the vehicle drove through a barrier on the one-lane bridge at Skeiðarársandur in the south of the country, Icelandic police said. The car landed on a riverbank. | |
| Adolf Erlingsson, a tour guide who was among the first on the scene, said: “It was horrible. The car seemed to have hit the ground many metres from where it stopped. We struggled getting everyone out.” | Adolf Erlingsson, a tour guide who was among the first on the scene, said: “It was horrible. The car seemed to have hit the ground many metres from where it stopped. We struggled getting everyone out.” |
| Police said it remained unclear what caused the driver to lose control of the vehicle. | Police said it remained unclear what caused the driver to lose control of the vehicle. |
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