Colchester and Pitsea crashes mark worst day in group’s history

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Colchester and Pitsea crashes mark worst day in group’s history

Lewis Adams

BBC News, Essex

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(Clockwise from top left) Eva Darold-Tchikaya, TJ Hibbert, Makyle Bayley and Daljang Wol “touched the lives of so many” at the University of Essex

A road safety group said the deaths of six young people in one day marked the worst 24 hours in its history.

Four students from the University of Essex died after the car they were in

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on Saturday.

Almost 14 hours later, nine-year-old Darcie Casselden and her brother Roman, 16, were

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, near Basildon while riding an e-scooter.

“There has never been this many people killed on our roads in a single day in the 43 years we have on record,” the Safer Essex Roads Partnership (SERP) said.

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Four students died when the car they were in crashed into a building near Colchester city centre on Saturday

The group has a long-held ambition of eliminating all deaths and serious injuries on the county’s roads

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It brought together organisations including Essex Police, National Highways and local councils to campaign for road safety.

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Magdalen Street was closed in the aftermath of the ****** on Saturday as inquiries began

TJ Hibbert, 24, Makyle Bayley, 22, Daljang Wol, 22, and 21-year-old Eva Darold-Tchikaya died in the ****** in Colchester on Saturday.

They had been in a car travelling in Magdalen Street when it left the road at about 04:40 GMT.

Prof Maria Fasli, vice-chancellor at the university, said they “touched the lives of so many”.

The ****** came about 14 hours before the accident in Pitsea.

A man and a woman, both in their 20s,

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on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and failing to stop at the scene of the incident in connection with the ******.

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Bunches of flowers and messages have been left at the scene of the ****** in Pitsea

“We are collectively grieving these six tragic losses of lives,” SERP

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“Behind every number is a family facing unimaginable grief and our hearts go out to them.”

The campaign group said the incidents served as a reminder “to work tirelessly” towards eliminating all road deaths.

It urged motorists to “pause and reflect on the tragedy of this weekend” when they got behind the wheel.

“These deaths are not acceptable, and we know the devastation and excruciating pain will have a ripple effect across so many people,” SERP added.

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