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| Four killed as car hits takeaway | Four killed as car hits takeaway |
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| Four people were killed when a car crashed into a fish and chip shop in West Yorkshire. | Four people were killed when a car crashed into a fish and chip shop in West Yorkshire. |
| The Subaru burst into flames after the crash on Killinghall Road in Laisterdyke, Bradford, at 0435 GMT. | The Subaru burst into flames after the crash on Killinghall Road in Laisterdyke, Bradford, at 0435 GMT. |
| The shop, Killinghall Fisheries, partially collapsed and is being assessed by structural engineers. | The shop, Killinghall Fisheries, partially collapsed and is being assessed by structural engineers. |
| The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has been informed because police patrols were in the area at the time of the crash. | The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has been informed because police patrols were in the area at the time of the crash. |
| A West Yorkshire Police spokesman said IPCC representatives were at the scene. He could not confirm reports that the car was involved in a police pursuit. | |
| I could hear someone screaming in the wreckage Witness Zac Hussein | |
| The four people killed in the crash were travelling in the Subaru. They have not been identified. | The four people killed in the crash were travelling in the Subaru. They have not been identified. |
| Zac Hussein, who lives nearby, said he witnessed the crash. | |
| He said: "My friend and I were sat in the car and we saw police cars moving up the street in a rolling road block. | |
| "They were moving slowly up the road at least two or three abreast. Then they moved past where we were parked and no more than eight seconds later we heard a crash and then almost instantly there was this huge fireball." | |
| 'Extremely sad' | |
| Mr Hussein said within seconds of the accident there were at least eight police cars on the scene. | |
| He said: "One of the policemen called for me to get a fire extinguisher but obviously I didn't have one with me. | |
| "I could hear someone screaming in the wreckage. I came down to a phone box and called the fire brigade." | |
| Mohammed Shaban, 32, who owns the takeaway, said he believed the car had driven into the corner of the building where the gas mains supply was situated. | |
| He said: "There were four people in the car and I think they lost control and hit the side of the building. | |
| "Because of where they hit the building, there was a gas explosion and I heard they all died at the scene. | |
| "It's very sad. It's bad for me because it affects my business, but it's extremely sad that lives have been lost." |