Both drivers dead in two-car crash on major road
The crash happened at about midnight on Saturday along the A53 in Market Drayton, Shropshire
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Two men have died in a crash in the early hours of Saturday morning.
Police said it happened in Market Drayton, Shropshire, at about midnight on the A53 between the main A41/A53 Tern Hill roundabout and Muller Island roundabout.
They said a Volkswagen Passat hit a Nissan Almera and that the vehicles' drivers – a man in his 40s and a man in his 20s – both died at the scene.
A passenger from the Volkswagen was taken to Royal Stoke University Hospital, with injuries which were not life threatening or life changing, police said.
Officers investigating the crash said they wanted to speak to anybody who saw the incident, or either of the vehicles prior to the crash.
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