The mum of two young children who tragically died in a horror car crash is expecting another child - with the due date on her late daughter's birthday. Four-year-old Gracie-Ann Lucas and her three-year-old brother Jayden-Lee Lucas were killed by an intoxicated van driver who was travelling home from a friend's birthday party.
Mum Rhiannon Lucas and her partner were with the two youngsters in the car when the van smashed into them the M4 in February, Wales Online reports. Both siblings, also known by the surname Wheaton, were rushed to hospital but tragically died with just days of each other, while Rhiannon also suffered serious injuries.
A court was later told that van driver Martin Newman had alcohol and drugs in his system when he collided into the stationary vehicle on the M4 westbound carriageway between junctions 28 and 29 in Newport. The 41-year-old had downed 10 cans of Strongbow and taken cocaine after returning to his hotel room from the night out with colleagues and was more than twice the drink-driving limit.
