Dad, 22, and 18-month-old daughter killed and woman left critical after their Ford Fiesta hit ‘jack-knifing lorry’
A YOUNG dad and his baby daughter were killed and a woman was left fighting for her life in a horror crash.
William Jesson, 22, and 18-month-old Eve were killed as their blue Ford Fiesta collided with a lorry on a busy road.
The catastrophe took place at 2.50pm on Saturday on the A10 near Chittering, Cambridgeshire.
Both William and Eve, from Dagenham, Essex, were pronounced dead at the scene.
A woman in her 20s and a three-year-old girl were also in the car and were rushed to a Cambridge hospital.
Cops confirmed the woman was in critical condition, while the young girl’s injuries were serious but not life-threatening.
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William’s family paid tribute to him in a statement, saying: “William was the best son, father, brother and uncle anyone could ask for.
“He was such a kind-hearted man and the best dad to his girls and partner to his fiancée. He was kind, caring and made us laugh with his silly ways.
“He will be forever in our hearts and memories. Nothing will be the same without him, he was just a ray of sunshine and lit up a room.”
The family also mourned the loss of little Eve, saying that she “blessed us every day with her beautiful smile” and “made our hearts melt with pride”.
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They finished by saying how much they loved both William and his daughter and how they will be “forever missed”.
Meanwhile, a Norfolk woman in her 80s in a different car was uninjured despite also colliding with the lorry.
The lorry driver, a man in his 40s from Lincolnshire, suffered minor injuries.
It is believed the lorry jack-knifed and then fell into a waterlogged ditch after colliding with other vehicles.
Cops confirmed that both the pensioner and lorry driver had remained at the scene. No arrests have been made.
Detective Sergeant Craig Wheeler said: “This is a truly tragic incident, in which a father and his young daughter have lost their lives. Our thoughts go out to their family and friends at this terribly difficult time.
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“We are working hard to establish exactly what happened, and while we spoke to a number of witnesses at the scene, we are still appealing to anyone who witnessed the collision or who may have dashcam footage of the vehicles leading up to the incident to please get in touch if they haven’t done so already.”
Anyone with information is asked to contact police online or call 101, quoting incident 257 of 15 October.
