Man charged after four killed in lamp-post crash

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Four men were killed in a crash when a car they were travelling in hit a lamp-post

BBC A number of police vehicles close off a dual carriageway in Merseyside. The road has trees lined down the middle. There is a white police van in the middle of the road with its back doors open showing a lot of equipment inside and police tape in front of it where a couple of officers in hi-vis uniform stand. — Four men were killed in a crash when a car they were travelling in hit a lamp-post

A man has appeared in court charged in connection with a crash that killed four people.

James Diggle, 27, of Alundale Road in West Derby, Liverpool, faces four counts of aiding and abetting causing death by dangerous driving.

The charge follows the deaths of four men, Jack Diggle, 23, Benjamin Dooley, 23, Andrew Roberts, 24, and Craig Shackleton-Brady, 26, who were killed when the black Seat Cupra Formentor they were travelling in hit a lamp-post on Liverpool Road in Huyton, just before 02:00 BST on 24 July.

Diggle did not enter a plea and was remanded into custody and will appear at Liverpool Crown Court on 7 September.

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