Man and woman arrested after 18-year-old dies in crash
Emergency services found a vehicle had entered a water treatment facility and was partly submerged in a pit of water, police said.
A man and a woman have been arrested after an 18-year-old man died in a car crash in West Yorkshire.
Police were called at 6.19am on Sunday to reports of a vehicle with people inside which had left Wheldon Road, Castleford, and gone into a ditch, West Yorkshire Police said.
Emergency services arrived and found a white Volkswagen Golf had entered a water treatment facility and was partly submerged in a pit of water, the force added.
A man and a woman, both 21, were removed from the car and taken to hospital for treatment.
Another man was found a few yards from the vehicle before being pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
He was later confirmed to be an 18-year-old from the Wakefield area.
After further enquiries at the scene the man and woman who were removed from the vehicle were arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving, police said.
The incident is being investigated by the major collision enquiry team, who are appealing for anyone who witnessed the vehicle travelling along Wheldon Road from the direction of Airedale immediately beforehand to contact them.
Anyone with footage which may assist this investigation is also asked to get in touch.
The team can be contacted on 101 or by using the livechat facility on the West Yorkshire Police website. The log reference is 277 of January 12.
