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| A man has been arrested after two cyclists, a man and a woman, were killed on Sunday in an alleged hit-and-run incident involving a car in a village near Bristol. The crash occurred just before 4pm in Hanham. The driver of the car involved initially abandoned the vehicle and left the scene. | A man has been arrested after two cyclists, a man and a woman, were killed on Sunday in an alleged hit-and-run incident involving a car in a village near Bristol. The crash occurred just before 4pm in Hanham. The driver of the car involved initially abandoned the vehicle and left the scene. |
| A spokeswoman for Avon and Somerset police said: "A 38-year-old man who left the scene of the collision has handed himself in at a police station and has been arrested." He was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. Police made an appeal for witnesses to come forward, and to telephone them on 101. | A spokeswoman for Avon and Somerset police said: "A 38-year-old man who left the scene of the collision has handed himself in at a police station and has been arrested." He was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. Police made an appeal for witnesses to come forward, and to telephone them on 101. |
| Earlier, paramedics attended the scene but found that the cyclists had suffered fatal injuries. A spokesman for the Great Western ambulance service said a call had been received reporting that a car had hit two cyclists. "We sent an ambulance, paramedics, a rapid response vehicle and had an officer at the scene to liaise with the other services," he said. "But unfortunately both the patients were beyond help at the scene." | Earlier, paramedics attended the scene but found that the cyclists had suffered fatal injuries. A spokesman for the Great Western ambulance service said a call had been received reporting that a car had hit two cyclists. "We sent an ambulance, paramedics, a rapid response vehicle and had an officer at the scene to liaise with the other services," he said. "But unfortunately both the patients were beyond help at the scene." |
| Andrea Swerley, 28, who lives in the predominately residential area said: "We got home and saw a helicopter in the air overhead and looking up the road, which they were just closing, we could see lots of police. It's just a shock, nothing like this has happened here before." | Andrea Swerley, 28, who lives in the predominately residential area said: "We got home and saw a helicopter in the air overhead and looking up the road, which they were just closing, we could see lots of police. It's just a shock, nothing like this has happened here before." |
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