Final photo of mother and her two babies killed in lorry crash

Becky Kingsland, 26, collided with a 40-tonne lorry while driving along a single carriageway with her two-year-old daughter Alanah and son Logan, eight months.

Single mum Becky, who split from the children's father last year, leaves two sons, Dylan, eight and Steven, five, who were at school when the collision occurred.

Tragic: Rebecca Kingsland, 26, and her two children, Alanah, 2, and Logan, 8 months, died instantly when their Land Rover hit a lorry

Yesterday her parents Brian and Pamela Kingsland paid tribute to their 'wonderful' daughter, and the tiny grandchildren they will never see grow up.

Speaking through tears at her home in Plymstock, Devon, Rebecca's mother Pamela, 58, said: 'We are all so shocked by this.

'This picture of Rebecca with Alanah and Logan was taken just two weeks before they died. It's just so difficult to take in.

'Rebecca was a devoted mother and she loved her children very, very much.

'The last time I saw Logan, he was determined to learn how to walk. He was pushing himself up off the floor and then clinging determinedly on to the edge of a table to stay upright.'

Rebecca and her two youngest children were killed when their 4x4 Land Rover collided with a 40-tonne lorry near Sharpness, Gloucester.

The family, from nearby Berkeley, were pronounced dead at the scene. The lorry driver was rushed to hospital with minor injuries.

The young mother had moved into a two-bedroom council flat last year after splitting with her long-term partner, and father of the youngest two children.

Her ex-partner, who has not been named, is caring for her eldest children, as they come to terms with the tragedy.

The scene of the collision on the B4066 near Gloucester

The two boys, who attend Berkeley primary school, were in class at the time of the accident, at 12.25pm on Thursday on the B4066, which links Sharpness and Berkeley.

Pamela added: 'Rebecca was fully occupied with looking after four children. It was hard for her but it was what she wanted.

'She was never unhappy and was always outgoing and had a great many friends. Lots of them have been ringing to say how distraught they are over the accident.'

Police said the two children were strapped in carefully in their child seats, although Becky was not wearing a seatbelt.

Mrs Kingsland added: 'The police told us that the collision was head-on and that they would have all died instantly.

'We've read reports about Rebecca not wearing a seatbelt but she was always so careful about strapping her kids into their own car seats.'

Her brother, Peter, 24, said: 'Rebecca was a wonderful sister and an amazing mum to her children.'