Birmingham woman arrested on suspicion of murder after two die in car crash

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A woman from Birmingham has been arrested on suspicion of murder along with three others after two people died in a crash on the A46 north of Leicester.

Leicestershire Police said the 21-year-old from the city was in police custody along with two women aged 45 and 22 and a 20-year-old man, all from Stoke.

Officers are appealing for anyone who saw three cars ahead of the fatal road traffic collision on the A46 near to the Six Hills junction at about 1.35am this morning (Friday, February 11).

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The force said the cars – a silver Skoda Fabia, a gray Audi TT and a blue Seat Leon – were traveling at speed and work is being carried out to work out the routes the vehicles had taken.

Detectives want to hear from anyone who saw the cars traveling in the area of ​​Troon Way or Abbey Lane at around 1.25am, and on the A46 between the Thurmaston Shopping Center and the Hobby Horse Island.

Detective Chief Inspector Tony Yarwood from East Midlands Special Operations Unit said: “Anyone who was traveling in the area in the early hours and has any dashcam footage, we are urging you to come forward.

“We are working to piece together the movements of all the cars involved and any footage of them will help our investigation.”

Police say the investigation is in the “very early stages” as work to understand what happened in the minutes leading up to the crash is carried out.

A post-mortem examination has not yet taken place on the two people pronounced dead at the scene.

Anyone with information can submit it online on the Holmes public portal or can alternatively call 101, asking for Leicestershire Police, quoting incident 30 of 11 February.

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