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Three young men were killed when the car they were in careered into a family house in a Lanarkshire town. | Three young men were killed when the car they were in careered into a family house in a Lanarkshire town. |
The Ford Mondeo "took off" as it hurtled into a detached house in Hamilton on Saturday evening destroying the front of the building. | The Ford Mondeo "took off" as it hurtled into a detached house in Hamilton on Saturday evening destroying the front of the building. |
All three people in the car, aged 35, 27 and 19, were pronounced dead at the scene in Dalton Hill. | All three people in the car, aged 35, 27 and 19, were pronounced dead at the scene in Dalton Hill. |
Two adults and their daughter, who were in the house when the crash happened, were unhurt, police said. | Two adults and their daughter, who were in the house when the crash happened, were unhurt, police said. |
Neighbours told the BBC that Robert and Margaret Gordon and their 20-year-old daughter Stephanie were very shaken and were spending the night with their other daughter. | |
Three killed as car hits house | |
Eyewitness Chris Menary, 17, said he thought the driver must have been travelling at about 80mph. | Eyewitness Chris Menary, 17, said he thought the driver must have been travelling at about 80mph. |
"I was just looking outside my house and you hear the car coming down the main road, you can tell he's obviously going to crash. | "I was just looking outside my house and you hear the car coming down the main road, you can tell he's obviously going to crash. |
"He came to the embankment and sort of took off and sort of went right into the house. Basically he didn't really stop." | "He came to the embankment and sort of took off and sort of went right into the house. Basically he didn't really stop." |
He said when he went out into the street the family from the house and neighbours were outside. | He said when he went out into the street the family from the house and neighbours were outside. |
"Everyone was in shock at first and didn't realise there were people in the car. | "Everyone was in shock at first and didn't realise there were people in the car. |
"And then they realised people were in the car." | "And then they realised people were in the car." |
Strathclyde Police are investigating the cause of the crash. | Strathclyde Police are investigating the cause of the crash. |
It is understood the house will now have to be completely demolished. |