Arrests made after fatal car crash

Tuesday, 11 March 2014 00:00

Police say a number of people have been arrested following a fatal car crash on Saturday night.

Officers say they’ve been detained for the offence of causing death by dangerous driving.

The crash on the Switchback Road near Peel claimed the life of 14-year-old schoolgirl Lucia Porter.

In a statement released by her mother she says the family is ‘completely distraught’ at her untimely death and she will be missed be everyone who was lucky enough to have known her.

Inspector Mark Britton has this update:

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