POLICE have confirmed that a mother and her teenage son from Hull were among three people who died in a horrific road accident in East Yorkshire.
Another man remains in a critical condition after the crash near Wetwang yesterday which involved a car carrying five factory workers and a van.
The woman, 40, and her 18-year-old son were among the five workers, all from Hull, who were on their way to Karro Food in Malton. Colleagues have spoken of their shock at the accident.
Their Ford Focus was involved in a fatal collision with a Citroen Relay van on the B1248 between Wetwang and Malton shortly after 6am on Wednesday.
A man aged 47, also travelling in the Ford Focus, died at the scene.
Two other men travelling in the car remain in hospital with a 30-year-old in a critical condition and a 37-year-old in a serious condition with multiple fractures.
All five people travelling in the Ford Focus are understood to be Polish living in Hull.
The driver of the Citroen van, a 48-year-old from Pickering, has been discharged from York District Hospital.
Police have not yet named the deceased.
