Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of the Babsons and Coles.
Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of the Babsons and Coles.
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by LiesaAnna
who are they maggie? not sure what this is about, sorry to seem ignorant
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Three English tourists have been killed and four children injured in a road crash, a day after arriving in Florida.
Charles Babson, 40, of Mitcham, Surrey, his wife Dawn, 41, and Simeon Cole, 41, from Essex, died when their vehicle hit a lorry on a highway near Orlando.
Four children aged under 10 who were also in the people carrier were seriously injured and are in hospital.
Mr Cole's wife and youngest child were not in the vehicle at the time of the crash on Saturday morning.
Mr Babson, from Brockley, is thought to have been driving to a grocery store on the US27 highway, in Polk County near Davenport, when the crash happened.
Our consular staff in Orlando are assisting relatives and liaising with local authorities regarding the care of the children
Foreign Office spokesman
A Foreign Office spokesman said: ""Two adults died at the scene and a third adult did so later in hospital, his wife at his side.
"The four children, all understood to be under 10, were taken to hospital where at least three were placed in intensive care.
"Our consular staff in Orlando are assisting relatives and liaising with local authorities regarding the care of the children."
The children, Faith Cole, five, Tony Cole, seven, Phoebe Cole, nine, and Robert Babson, nine, were taken to the Orlando Medical Centre and the Heart of Florida Hospital.
Faith and Phoebe were transferred to a paediatric ward at the Arnold Palmer Hospital.
A spokeswoman said Faith was in a stable condition and Phoebe was critically ill.
The driver of the tanker was not injured, police said.
So so sad..........
Our thoughts and prayers are with all the families. May the souls of the departed rest in peace.
Karen Scott
oh my Lord!!!
am so not surprised tho, there were so many accidents there over the 2 weeks we were there! a man was killed crossing the road outside the howard johnson at kissimmee, so many so close! i dont like thier roads! free for all i think most of the time!
God Bless Those poor people and their families and am sorry for my ignorance
Liesa
Here is the full story. It IS an apalling tragedy. I sincerely hope that the kids make a full recovery.
http://www.itv.com/news/index_2000942.html
It might be that Mr Babson momentarily forgot the direction from which the southbound lorry was coming. I often found myself checking the traffic in the wrong direction at turnoffs because we drive on the opposite side of the road.
Nostromo
a terrible tragedy made all the worse by the time of year, I'm sure all thoughts of the forum members are with the families
benfilo
what a terrible tragedy,lets hope these children make a full recovery,
Bob and Fay
http://www.onlinefloridavillas.com/villas/1691.aspx
So very very sad.
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