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Last Updated: Monday, 3 May, 2004, 10:52 GMT 11:52 UK
Man dies after car hit lamppost
A 23-year-old Pontefract man died when the car he was in smashed into a lamppost and three parked vehicles after failing to negotiate a bend.

The dead man was a passenger in the Vauxhall Corsa which crashed on the A638 Wakefield Road at Ackworth, Pontefract at 0420 BST on Monday.

The driver, a 21-year-old local man, was seriously injured and is bring treated at Leeds General Infirmary.

West Yorkshire Police have urged anyone who saw the crash to contact them.




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