Emmerdale fans work out car crash blame twist after Heath dies in heartbreaking scenes

Emmerdale fans think they have worked out a potential twist following Heath Hope's tragic death in a car crash. There were emotional scenes in the ITV soap on New Year's Day on Monday (January 1) as Bob Hope and his partner Wendy Posner frantically tried to track down twins Heath and Cathy as well as Angelica King.

The trio of teens defied their families' orders not to go to a New Year's Eve party and decided to steal Wendy's car as a means of getting to the bash themselves. Cathy was in the driver's seat as they made their way towards Hotten.

Viewers saw them in the car with Heath encouraging his sister to put her foot down as it was taking them too long to get to the party and Cathy had decided to take them through the back roads, which were like country lanes and pitch black. They had a near miss, seemingly with Aaron Dingle and Mackenzie Boyd as they were out stealing cars.

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But soon, in tragic scenes, Emmerdale viewers saw Bob and Wendy find her car crashed off the side of the road. Nicola and Jimmy King and Brenda Walker desperately waited for updates back at home after it was revealed to them what Heath, Cathy and Angelica had done.

While Cathy and Angelica managed to escape the wreckage, Heath was still unconscious inside the vehicle. Wendy instructed her partner to help get him out but Bob seemed hesitant. But she insisted she needed to start CPR and her efforts appeared fruitless as Bob watched on in panic before an ambulance arrived.

Then, at the hospital, Bob broke the news to Brenda that Heath had died, leaving them both sobbing in