Four people, including a baby girl, have died after a car crashed into trees on the A38 in Derby on Saturday evening, Derbyshire Police said.

Emergency services were called to the scene on a stretch of the road between the A50 Toyota Island and the A516 at about 11pm on Saturday.

Reports say a red Hyundai car, containing five people, had left the carriageway and crashed into trees.

Two women, aged 18 and 30, and a 36-year-old man, were declared dead at the scene.A baby girl was taken to hospital where she was pronounced dead a short while later.

All four were passengers in the vehicle.

The driver, a 33-year-old man, was taken to hospital to be treated for serious injuries where he remains.

He has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.

All those involved are from Leeds in West Yorkshire.

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