A 21-year-old man has been arrested following a car crash that left five teenagers dead.
Police have named the young people who died in the collision between two cars in South Yorkshire as Bartosz Bortniczak, 18, Blake Cairns,16, Arpad Kore, 18, Jordanna Goodwin, 16 and Megan Storey, 16, all from Doncaster.
All five were in a blue Toyota Corolla car which was in collision with a grey Seat Leon on the A630 road just outside Conisbrough, near Doncaster, at about 9.40pm on Saturday.
The 21-year-old Doncaster man arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving has been released on bail while police continue their investigation.
He was driving a third car – a Vauxhall Corsa. The crash happened just 100 metres from the scene of a crash which left three teenagers dead in 2011.
Tragically all these five young people have now lost their lives
Four of those who died were students at Danum Academy, in Doncaster. Yesterday afternoon, the school opened its doors for pupils to come in if they wanted to.
A large group of young people could be seen gathering outside the front of the school building.
Police believe the five occupants of the Toyota met up with the driver of the third vehicle at a McDonald’s restaurant in Doncaster some time before the crash.
Both vehicles were heading away from Doncaster at the time of the collision.
Inspector Pete Serhatlic, of South Yorkshire Police said: “There were five occupants of the Toyota Corolla aged between 16 and 18 years old.
“Tragically all these five young people have now lost their lives.”
The officer said: “It was absolutely horrific. There’s no other words to describe it.
“I’d rather not go into any details about what it was like but it was extremely traumatic.”
Asked about whether the stretch of road is an accident black spot, he said: “It’s the second multiple fatality within a short space of time but it’s not really a location where you consistently get road traffic collisions of a serious nature. It’s just that the ones you do get on that stretch of road seem to, unfortunately, involve multiple deaths.
“It’s a national speed limit road but it’s not one that picks up RTCs on a daily or weekly basis.”
And asked about the fog, he said: “Undoubtedly, it was foggy last night. I was out going to the scene and sometimes the visibility was down to 30 or 35 metres, so it was patchy fog. The fog in places was dense. Whether that had a bearing on the incident – it’s too early to say.”
In January 2011, three teenagers aged 14, 15, and 16 died after the car they were in hit a tree and was torn apart just a short distance from last night’s crash. Faded memorials from that tragedy are still visible on a nearby tree.