Car accident news
13/11/2009
Man killed just weeks after his sister

The parents of a girl killed in a boating accident are facing a double tragedy after their son has been killed in a car accident just weeks after his sister's death.

The parents of the 22-year-old man killed in a car crash in Hertfordshire said they were "numb" after the deaths of two of their children in a period of just two months.

Their son was killed after the car he was travelling in collided with another vehicle in Watford last Tuesday.

His sister and close friend were killed in the same boating accident in Vietnam in September.

Their London-based son was said to have been a "tower of strength" to his parents after his sister's death and his parents are said to be at a loss at how to cope without him.

More details on the circumstances surrounding the man's road traffic accident have yet to be reported. It is also unclear if his parents will be able to claim for compensation following the car accident.