Three women charged with murder after fatal crash on dual carriageway

Three women have been charged with murder after two people were killed in a car crash on a dual carriageway.

Police were called to the scene of the crash on the A46 in Leicestershire at around 1.30am on Friday morning.

A silver Skoda Fabia had left the carriageway, and the two men inside were pronounced dead at the scene.

Leicestershire Police said initial enquiries revealed that two other cars were reported to have been travelling in the area at the same time of the collision – a grey Audi TT and a blue Seat Leon.

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Three women have now been charged with murder, the force said.

Natasha Akhtar, 21, Ansreen Bukhari, 45, and Mahek Bukhari, 22, were due to appear at Leicester Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday.

A 20-year-old man who was arrested on Friday on suspicion of murder has since been released from police custody and no further action will be taken, the force said.

Police have also made two more arrests. Two men, aged 21 and 27, from Leicester, have been arrested on suspicion of murder and are in police custody.