Crash leaves two teens with life-changing injuries
The crash happened near Waterloo Cross on the A38
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Five teenage boys were injured, two seriously, after a car crashed into a parked van in Devon, police have said.
The crash on the A38 near Uffculme happened at about 03:00 BST on Saturday, said the Devon and Cornwall force.
Officers said a black Peugeot car crashed into a white Peugeot van, which was unoccupied, near Waterloo Cross.
All five people in the car, males aged 17, were treated in hospital for injuries with two suffering "potentially life-changing injuries", said officers.
A 17-year-old boy from the Tiverton area was arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving, failing to provide a specimen for analysis, and driving while unfit through drink.
He has been released on bail pending further inquiries.
The A38 was closed in both directions for several hours while forensic collision investigators examined the scene and it reopened shortly after 13:00 BST.
Devon and Cornwall Police appealed for witnesses or anyone with dashcam footage of the incident to come forward.
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