Three men killed in car crash near London shopping centre

Three people have died and another has been critically injured in a car crash near a shopping centre in London.

Five men in their early 20s were in the same car when it was involved in an accident near Staples Corner retail park, in north-west London, at just before 11.30pm on Sunday, the Metropolitan Police said. Investigators said no other cars were involved in the crash.

Police, fire and land and air ambulance crews were called to the scene, where the three men were pronounced dead and two others were taken to hospital. The fifth man’s injuries are not life-threatening.