Pictured: Mother, 29, and her three children killed in A40 Oxford horror smash as father and 18-month-old baby fight for life in hospital
- Two girls, four and eight, and a boy, six, were killed alongside mother on Monday
- Emergency services rushed to A40 near Oxford but four were pronounced dead
- Two other passengers taken to hospital and HGV driver suffered minor injuries
A mother and her three children who were when killed in a horror crash with a lorry near Oxford have been pictured for the first time.
Zoe Powell, 29, was killed alongside her daughters Amelia and Phoebe, four and eight, and son Simeon, six, when their silver Subaru collided with a HGV on the A40 on Monday.
Her husband Joshua, 30, and their 18-month-old daughter were rescued from the wreckage and are today fighting for their lives at John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford.
The driver of the HGV, a 56-year-old man, suffered minor injuries.
Emergency services rushed to the scene at 9.50pm on Monday to reports of the crash, which took place near a railway overbridge.
Pictured: Zoe Powell, who died in the crash, with Phoebe, eight, Simeon, six, Amelia, four, and her husband Joshua
Three children and their mother have been killed after a car collided with a lorry in a horror smash on the A40 near Oxford. Pictured: The scene today
David Patchett, 36, who lives on a narrow boat close to where the collision occurred, was the first to arrive at the scene.
He described hearing a ‘horrendous noise’ which shook through his home, adding others in the area ‘thought it was a sonic boom.’
‘The car was in the middle of the road, it wasn’t just front-end damage it looked like it had been crumpled like a can,’ he said.
‘The emergency services turned up very quickly. It was a horrifying thing to see and my first thoughts were nobody had survived, that’s how bad it was.
‘While I was on the phone to police, the man regained consciousness and that’s when I started screaming down the phone “get someone here now.”‘
Officers today remained at the scene and the A40 was closed in both directions for a ‘considerable’ period of time while the investigation continued.
Senior investigating officer Sergeant Dominic Mahon, of the Serious Collision Investigation Unit based at Bicester, said the crash was an ‘absolute tragedy’.
Emergency services rushed to the scene at 9.50pm to reports of the crash, which took place near to a railway overbridge to the west of Oxford. Pictured: The scene today
Officers remain at the scene and the A40 will remain closed in both directions for a ‘considerable’ period of time while the investigation continues
He said: ‘We are in the very early stages of our investigation into this incredibly tragic incident that has resulted in the deaths of four people from the same family.
‘I would appeal to anybody who was driving in the area at the time of the collision and witnessed what happened to please contact 101, or make a report online, quoting reference number 43200321914.
‘I would also urge anybody who has dash-cam footage of the incident or either of the vehicles just prior to the incident to please not share this publicly, but contact police with this detail.
‘The next of kin of the family have been made aware and are being supported by specially trained family liaison officers.
‘Our officers and colleagues from the other emergency services were dealing with an extremely upsetting scene, and I would like to thank them for the work that they carried out overnight.
‘Our officers remain at the scene and the A40 will remain closed in both directions for a considerable period of time while this investigation continues.’