AN INVESTIGATION started tonight into a road crash which is understood to have claimed the lives of two people on a Bradford road.

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Emergency services were alerted to the incident just before 7.30pm this evening.

The crash is believed to have involved only one vehicle which collided with a wall at a location near the Tesco Express store on Manningham Lane.

As a result of the crash, police cordoned off a substantial area of the road to allow a full investigation of the scene.

West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service were alerted but were not needed in the initial stages of the recovery operation.

However there was a large police presence at the scene, with around 20 officers and a fleet of cars and vans, in addition to ambulance service personnel.

The road remained closed in both directions tonight and police warned that it could be shut for a considerable time with a West Yorkshire Police spokesman advising the public to avoid the area.

The force confirmed the incident was fatal, but said they were unable to release further details of the circumstances.