A road accident in France on Friday night (23/10/09) has left four people dead, including two British people, one of whom lived in France.

The accident happened on a country road in Beaumarches – although the road is straight, the two cars involved in the accident collided head on.

French newspaper Depêche du Midi said that three of the victims died at the scene – a 34-year-old woman and her three-month-old baby from the Gers region and the British driver of one of the vehicles, who had been living in the Beaumarches area for several years. A passenger from Scotland reportedly died in the ambulance on the way to hospital – both Britons were in their sixties.

Police are currently investigating the causes of the accident – firefighters took four hours to cut the victims from their vehicles

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