Police have named the mother and her children killed in a car crash believed to have been witnessed by other members of the family travelling in a separate vehicle.
Her husband – stepfather to James and Amy – was in a separate vehicle in front of her white Kia Sportage with their 14-year-old son. The family, who were on holiday, are from Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire.
Emergency services were called to the scene close to Landkey Junction, Barnstaple, at 8.25am on Monday. The road was closed for nine hours while officers from the Exeter serious collision investigation unit examined the scene.
Police previously said that Baker-Lockett’s husband and son were not “directly involved” in the incident.
Baker-Lockett was pronounced dead at the scene of the collision. Amy was pronounced dead on arrival at hospital. James was taken to hospital by air ambulance but died shortly after arriving there.
Insp Richard McLellan, of Devon and Cornwall police, said: “It would seem that a car travelling towards Barnstaple, for unknown reasons at the moment, has crossed the centre white line and hit an oncoming truck.
“Unfortunately the family were travelling in two separate cars but travelling together along this road so the dad was there at the scene as well.”
It has also emerged that a nine-year-old girl has died after a collision on the same road on Sunday.
Officers were called at 11.30am after a Vauxhall Vectra travelling towards Barnstaple was involved in a collision with a Ford Ranger towing a trailer.
A woman aged in her 30s who was driving the Vauxhall, the nine-year-old girl and a seven-year-old child all sustained serious injuries.
A force spokesman said that the girl died on Tuesday afternoon. “The driver of the Ford sustained minor injuries and was released from hospital,” he said. “At the time of the collision it was dry but it had been raining and the road surface was wet.
“Police from across the force area attended the scene and a full forensic scene and vehicle examination was carried out.”
Officers are appealing for witnesses to both crashes. The accidents have prompted local politicians to call for more safety measures on the road.
