TWO TEENAGE FRIENDS DIE AFTER BMW HITS LAMPPOST IN ROTHERHAM

Two 19-year-old friends have died after the BMW they were travelling in collided with a lamppost in Rotherham, according to reports of the crash. Their families have released photographs of the pair alongside tributes paid to them. Relatives said the loss has had a significant and lasting impact on those who knew the pair. One family said, in a statement, that "nothing will ever be the same" following the crash. The families have not given further detail on when or exactly how the collision happened.

The tributes focus on the closeness of the two friends and the grief both families have felt since the crash. Neither family has named the men publicly in their statements so far. Reports of the crash state only that a BMW struck a lamppost in Rotherham. Reports have not said which road was involved, when the crash happened, or whether anyone else was travelling in the vehicle. Accounts of the deaths have come solely from tributes paid by the families.

The families' tributes remain the only public account of the crash and the two deaths at this stage. No police statement, investigation update, or inquest date has featured in reports so far. Relatives have instead focused their statements on the impact of losing both young men in the same crash. The wording of the tributes underlines the shared grief experienced across both families. Further details about the circumstances of the collision have not yet emerged.