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Coolstore managing director Allan Dawson said staff were "reeling" from the crash. His wife Nell, who is operations manager, said: "They were part of our family. They were all fine young men." Investigators worked late into the night to determine the cause of the accident. Hearses arrived before midnight to take the bodies away.

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