The road had to be closed for several hours

It is the second fatal accident in Wales involving young people in a matter of days.

The teenagers who died on Saturday have been named as Paul Kennedy and Lee Challoner, both 17, and Daniel Lister, 16. All were from the Newtown area.

They were in a green Ford Fiesta when it left the A489 at about 0100 BST.

The crash was between Penstrowed and Glanhafren, near Newtown. The cause is still being investigated.

Any witnesses were asked to contact Newtown police station on 0845 3302000.

(L-R) Paul Kennedy, Daniel Lister and Lee Challoner were all killed

The crash happened three days after four young people died when their car hit a garden wall near Ammanford, Carmarthenshire.

Natalie Malpas, 20, and her brother Mark, 16, and brothers Gavin and Aaron Matthews, 19 and 16, were killed in a road smash near Ammanford, in Carmarthenshire.

The Renault Megane they were travelling in apparently veered off the A474 and hit the wall of a bungalow at speed.