Girl, 13, among three killed after car ploughs into tree in Lincolnshire village

A 13-year-old girl was killed alongside two men after a car swerved off the road and smashed into a tree.

Another boy and a 15-year-old girl are seriously injured in hospital when their Audi TT left the road near Garthorpe village in Lincolnshire on Saturday evening.

The white car was travelling south along Shore Road, between Garthorpe and Meredyke Road it collided with a tree.

The driver, a 44-year-old man, the front seat passenger, a 48-year-old man, and the 13-year-old girl who was in the back seat were all pronounced deceased.

Police are investigating how the car left the rural road.

A Lincolnshire Police spokesman said: ‘Their families have been informed and are being supported by specially trained officers at this incredibly difficult time.

‘A nine-year-old boy and a 15-year-old girl were taken to hospital to receive treatment for serious injuries.

‘The girl’s injuries are being treated as life-threatening at this time and she remains in a critical condition.’

An investigation is underway to establish the full circumstances around the collision and police are appealing for witnesses to contact them.