Father and son, 14, killed in holiday horror smash while wife and daughter critical, as residents call for action on blackspot

A father and his teenage son were killed in a horrifying head-on collision which left his wife and young daughter fighting for their lives.

The pensioner driver of the other car was also killed.

The accident provoked a huge emergency services response with two air ambulances, three land ambulances and two rapid response paramedic units joining firefighters and police at the remote scene near the village of East Cowick, East Yorkshire.

The investigation and clear-up operation took more than seven hours before the road was reopened.

Derek Sarkar, 46, and his family, from Sheldon in Birmingham, are believed to have been on an Easter break.      More