Three teenagers are killed and a passenger injured when the powerful BMW they were travelling in smashes into a tree

The BMW crashed into a tree in rural Warwickshire on Sunday afternoon
Three teenagers, an 18-year-old woman and two men, 18 and 19, died at scene
Another casualty was airlifted to hospital. Police are appealing for witnesses

Three teenagers were killed when the car they were travelling in smashed into a tree in Warwickshire.

The victims, an 18-year-old woman and men aged 18 and 19, were pronounced dead at the scene of the accident at Baxterley, near Atherstone.

A fourth casualty - a rear-seat passenger in the BMW - was airlifted to hospital after the collision at about 4.40pm on Sunday.

Sergeant Carl Stafford, from Warwickshire Police, said relatives of those killed had been informed and are being supported by specially trained officers.

'We are in the very early stages of the investigation and I would urge anyone who witnessed the collision to contact police as soon as possible,' the officer said.

West Midlands Ambulance Service sent three ambulances, a rapid response paramedic, a paramedic officer and the Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance to the scene.

A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: 'On arrival, crews discovered a car that had collided with a tree and four patients.

'Unfortunately, it became apparent that nothing could be done to save three of the patients.

'A fourth patient who was a rear-seat passenger in the car, a teenage man, was treated for neck, chest and abdominal injuries, as well as a suspected pelvic injury.

'He was given pain relief and transported to University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire, with the medic from the air ambulance travelling with him to continue treatment en-route.'