Mum and toddler died in A180 tragedy when a lorry crashed into them after they broke down

A mother and her toddler son died on the A180 near Immingham when a lorry crashed into them after their car broke down.

Nicola Courtney, 34, of Kirkby Road, Scunthorpe and three-year old Lucas, had been visiting her mum in Cleethorpes when tragedy struck at 9pm on March 10 last year.

An inquest has now been held into their deaths and heard that tragically, the blue Ford Focus was struck by an articulated lorry, also travelling westbound. Nicola and Lucas were found in the rear seat of the vehicle which had been forced, due to the impact, into the central reservation. A fire broke out.