Head-on crash with Uber taxi in Leeds kills four young men

Four young men were killed and two teenage girls seriously injured in a head-on crash between a car and an Uber taxi.

Declan Grove, 19, Matty Walshaw, 18, Brandon Frew, 18, and Caelan Megson, 21, died when their Seat Leon collided with the taxi in the Horsforth area of Leeds at about 2.40am on Saturday.

A 16-year-old girl remained critically ill yesterday. A 17-year-old girl and the 42-year-old Uber driver were taken to hospital with serious injuries. A firefighter called to the scene was understood to have found his own daughter was among the injured.

Chara Andrews, 19, a friend of the four men who died, said: “When I found out this morning, I didn’t want to believe it. They were the best set of…Read more