Two women killed and 10 hurt as taxis collide in Doncaster

Two women have died and 10 people are injured after a crash involving two taxis in South Yorkshire.

The accident happened shortly after midnight on Sunday on the A638 near the Mount Pleasant hotel in Doncaster, Metro reports.

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A Fiat Scudo taxi was travelling on Great North Road towards Doncaster while a LTI London taxi was driving in the opposite direction when they collided.

Six passengers, all aged in their 20s, and a 40-year-old driver was in the Fiat taxi, and the LTI London taxi carried a 61-year-old driver and four passengers in their 50s.

Two middle-aged women in the LTI taxi died, the Independent reports.

The passengers in the Fiat were taken to hospital.

Police have appealed for witnesses to come forward.

Earlier this week, a nine-year-old girl died following a motorway crash on the M9 in West Lothian.

The toddler, along with a man and woman, were killed in the collision and three people are in hospital.

According to The Edinburgh Reporter, the crash happened between Polmont and Linlithgow at 9pm on Friday.

A Police Scotland spokesman said: "Police Scotland can confirm that a third person has died following a serious road traffic collision on the M9 on Friday 29 January.

"Sadly a nine-year-old girl has passed away.

"A 37-year-old woman and 42-year-old man were pronounced dead at the scene on Friday night."