Four die in fatal road crash

Three children and a 45-year-old woman have died in a fatal car crash on the A34 in Berkshire on Wednesday afternoon.

The collision involved four heavy-goods vehicles and four cars

Police said the three children who died were an 11-year-old boy, an 11-year-old girl and a 13-year-old boy – all from Bedfordshire.

It is believed they were travelling in the same car.

Police are appealing for witnesses.