British father and son, ten, and daughter, four, die in horrific car accident in France 'after he fell asleep at the wheel': Mother and other son, three, are fighting for life

•     British father, 31, and son and daughter die in car crash in France

•     Witnesses say driver lost control of vehicle on A39 near Dijon

•     The man is thought to have fallen asleep at the wheel before horror crash

•     Police say he was trapped in the wreckage and had a heart attack 

•     His wife and another child, three, survived and were taken to hospital 

I found this story on the Daily Mail News page. I was written by Peter Allen and published on 24^th April 2016.

A British father is thought to have fallen asleep at the wheel before a horrific car accident in which he died alongside his son, 10, and daughter, four, in France.

His wife and another child were severely injured in the crash, which took place on A39 motorway at Savigny-en-Revermont, in the east of the country, south of Dijon.

The family's surname was given by the authorities as Crompton, but no further details were immediately available. 

Witnesses saw the driver lose control of the car travelling south shortly after 7am. It left the road, smashed through barriers, crossed an embankment, and then fell on to a slip road.

The burnt-out wreckage of the Nissan vehicle was scattered across the road and with parts of the car strewn over the motorway.

Car seats, water bottles and what appear to be clothes have clearly been thrown from the vehicle as it smashed into a wall and ended up on its side.

Local police said 'two out of three children onboard' – aged four and 10 – are thought to have 'died instantly, alongside their father', who was aged 31.

An investigating officer at the scene of the crash said the inquiry was currently focusing on the driver losing control of the vehicle.

'We can perhaps imagine he fell asleep, or was distracted by something,' said the senior police commander.

Other rescue workers said the man had been trapped inside the wreckage when they arrived, but died within minutes of a heart attack. 

The children's mother survived, alongside a three-year-old child, but both had been rushed to an intensive car unit.

Both were airlifted to the Edouard Herriot hospital in Lyon, where a spokesman said they were 'in a critical condition'.

I decided to pick this story for my weekly news, because it is one, which has been marked as ‘breaking news’ catching my attention straight away, as well as due to the fact that I have been seeing it around different news pages a lot, throughout the day. Also, the fact that a lot of people my age are now looking forward to getting their driving license, car accidents catch my attention a lot as new drivers are the most likely to get killed while driving.