4x4 crashes while crossing Iceland bridge, killing three and injuring four others

A 4x4 carrying seven British tourists has crashed while crossing a bridge in Iceland, killing three including a child, and critically injuring the others.

Three British tourists, including a child, have died after the 4x4 they were in crashed off a bridge in Iceland.

The accident happened at around 9.30am on Thursday when the Toyota Land Cruiser carrying seven passengers crashed through a railing of a one-lane bridge in the south of the country before falling around eight metres onto a river bank.