Two die in car crash after hitting road sign and smashing into wall

Two men have been killed in a ‘horrendous’ crash after the car they were in hit a road sign and ploughed into a nearby wall.

The ferocity of the 1.30am smash left the silver Vauxhall Astra on its roof in Bury Old Road, Whitefield near Manchester.

The car hit the wall of the Vallance and Associates Dental Practice before flipping over.

Pictures of the car show it badly damaged with the passenger-side door completely caved in.

One of the men was pronounced dead by emergency crews who attended the crash with the other dying shortly after in hospital.

Their ages are not currently known.

One resident who lives in a nearby street said: ‘It’s truly awful, I woke up to a horrendous bang.

‘I looked out of the window a short time later to find a street full of blue lights.’

Greater Manchester police erected a tent around the car and investigators have been taking photographs of the collision for evidence.

Pictures of the aftermath of the crash later appeared online, showing the wall had almost completely collapsed.

Two men have died after a crash on Bury Old Road in #Whitefield in the early hours of this morning.

The silver car hit a road sign before crashing into a nearby wall.

One sadly died at the scene and the second was pronounced dead shortly after he was rushed to hospital. pic.twitter.com/T1KUZKpMaR

— Hits Manchester News (@hitsmcrnews) October 6, 2019