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Woman and Two Children Dead After A64 Collision

Police have issued an appeal for witnesses following the fatal collision on A64.

The tragic incident happened at around 8pm last night near Jinnah Restaurant and involved a white HGV and a grey Motor home.

Three of the passengers in the Motor home, a 44 year old woman, a nine year old girl and a five year old boy, were all sadly pronounced dead at the scene.

The fourth passenger, a six year old boy, was taken to hospital with a serious head injury. The driver of the Motor home, a 48 year old man, was taken to hospital with serious but not believed to be life threatening, injuries.

The driver of the HGV was un-injured.

The road was closed between Barton le Willows and Flaxton for several hours while emergency services worked at the scene. It re-opened at 6.45am today (Wednesday 25 August).

Anyone who witnessed the incident or has any Dashcam footage of the incident or was travelling in the area at the time, is asked to contact police.

Dial 101, press 2 and ask to speak to PC Nicola Gill or Sergeant Kirsten Aldridge, or email Nicola.gill@northyorkshire.police.uk or Kirsten.aldridge@northyorkshire.police.uk

Please quote reference number NYP-24082021-0479 when passing on any information.

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