Mum and son, aged three, killed when lorry smashed into their car which had broken down

A mother and her young son were killed when their car, which had broken down, was hit by a lorry.

Nicola Courtney, 34, from Kirkby Road, Scunthorpe, and her three-year-old son Lucas were visiting family in Cleethorpes when the accident occurred at 9pm on March 10 last year.

An inquest into their deaths revealed that their blue Ford Focus was struck by an articulated lorry travelling in the same direction on the A180 near Immingham. The impact forced the car into the central reservation and caused a fire to break out. Both Nicola and Lucas were found in the back seat of the vehicle.