Halifax Hopwood Lane crash driver, 18, dies as two arrested
An 18 year old man has died after a serious crash in Halifax. The teenager was driving a Citroen C1when it collided with a grey BMW 330 just after 20:00 BST on Friday.West Yorkshire Police said the BMW had been travelling on Hopwood Lane towards Queens Road when it was in collision with the Citroen, which was coming out of the lane from Gibraltar Road.Two women from the BMW, both aged 25, were treated in hospital and initially arrested on suspicion of drug driving.
The force said one had now been released under investigation and the other had been released without charge. The force renewed their appeal for witnesses to the incident.
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