Tributes paid to UK band Viola Beach after fatal crash

Members of the British band Viola Beach have been killed in a car accident in Sweden.

It's reported the car in which they were travelling hit a roadside barrier and plunged into a canal.

The Introducing act appeared in session with Huw Stephens in November.

They were in Sweden performing at the Where's the Music? festival. They were preparing to travel with BBC Introducing to the South By South West (SXSW) festival in Texas next month.

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Formed in Warrington the indie-pop band was made up of members Kris Leonard, River Reeves, Tomas Lowe and Jack Dakin.

Huw Stephens, fellow bands and fans have been paying tribute on social media.

Huw said it was "the saddest news".

Speaking to Newsbeat he said: Viola Beach were an incredibly promising and great new band, who were already doing great things".

Fellow Radio 1 presenter Phil Taggart, who has also worked closely with the band, said he was speechless.

He said the band had their whole lives ahead of them

Rob da Bank tweeted too.

He said they were a "superb band".

Radio 1 DJ Annie Mac tweeted her reaction.

She said the news was "unfathomable".

The band Man & The Echo are also from Warrington and said the news was horrendous.

One fan described the news as desperately sad.

"They would have been massive," the said another band, This Feeling.

Their manager, Craig Tarry, is reported to have been the fifth person in the vehicle.

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