{"id":4846,"date":"2026-04-11T10:22:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T10:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=4846"},"modified":"2026-04-11T10:22:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T10:22:06","slug":"two-teenagers-killed-in-m1-crash-after-car-falls-off-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=4846","title":{"rendered":"Two teenagers killed in M1 crash after car falls off bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div><!--$--><\/p>\n<p><h2>Two teenagers were declared dead at the scene<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose drop-cap \">\n<p>Two teenagers have died after a car plunged off a bridge and collided with a minibus on the M1 motorway below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>The teens were travelling along Gilmorton Lane towards Lutterworth when the vehicle left the road bridge at around 1.30 pm on Friday, Leicestershire Police said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Four people travelling in the minibus, a white Fiat Ducato driving southbound on the M1, were injured in the collision with the car and taken to the hospital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Three women remain in the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, while the male minibus driver has been discharged.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>The two teenagers in the car were declared dead at the scene, per Sky News.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>The crash occurred shortly before junction 20, and the M1 remained closed for several hours while forensic work was carried out.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Police, Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service and East Midlands Ambulance Service attended the scene.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Officers have appealed for witnesses who were travelling on Gilmorton Lane or on the M1 in either direction near Junction 20 at around 1.30 pm on Friday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Police have also asked for anyone with dashcam footage or who saw either vehicle to contact them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><\/div>\n<p>#teenagers #killed #crash #car #falls #bridge<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two teenagers were declared dead at the scene Two teenagers have died after a car plunged off a bridge and collided with a minibus on the M1 motorway below. The teens were travelling along Gilmorton Lane towards Lutterworth when the vehicle left the road bridge at around 1.30 pm on Friday, Leicestershire Police said. Four [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4847,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[5034,1524,35,1836,1586,1562,2879],"class_list":{"0":"post-4846","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"tag-bridge","9":"tag-car","10":"tag-crash","11":"tag-falls","12":"tag-killed","13":"tag-sensitive","14":"tag-teenagers"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4846"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4846\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}