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| Three men have been killed when the car they were in careered into a family house in a Lanarkshire town. | Three men have been 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. |
| Ch Insp Jim Igoe of Strathclyde Police said Robert and Margaret Gordon and 20-year-old Stephanie had been very lucky to escape uninjured. | |
| He said: "An absolutely horrendous road crash occurred on the Earnock Road in Hamilton. | |
| "A silver Ford Mondeo was being driven from the East Kilbride area. The vehicle was coming round a right-hand bend and the driver lost control. | |
| "The vehicle struck the house and has taken a substantial portion of the house down. | |
| "The three occupants had an extremely lucky escape." | |
| Three killed as car hits house | 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," he said. | |
| "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. | It is understood the house will now have to be completely demolished. |