Man, 50, and two horses dead after crash on M18

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A driver and two horses died following the crash, while two other motorists were injured (Picture: YappApp) A driver and horses have died after a crash involving three cars and…

A driver and horses have died after a crash involving three cars and the animals running loose on the motorway.

The alarm was raised after vehicles collided with a black and a grey horse near junction J4.

Two Skodas and a Vauxhall crashed with the horses in the early hours of Friday morning.

A 50-year-old man, the driver of a grey Skoda Superb, died after crashing with one of the horses.

Then a third vehicle, a Vauxhall Vivaro, collided with one of the horses.

The drivers of the blue Skoda and Vauxhall suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

Both horses died at the scene and officers are trying to find their owner.

South Yorkshire Police said: ‘We are now asking for any witnesses, who have not yet spoken to police to come forward, and anyone with dashcam footage to share it.

‘We would also like to speak to the owner of the horses, who has not yet come forward.

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