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Agnes Graham, 52, died along with her daughter, Kathryn Graham, 22, and her sister, Mary Kennedy, 53, Cumbria Police said.

A fourth 21-year-old woman, a cousin of Kathryn Graham, the driver, is fighting for her life in hospital.

All four were in a red Ford Fiesta which came off the road and burst into flames after a crash involving two other cars on the A595 in Moota, near Cockermouth, Cumbria.

Andrew Pattison, 23, from Whitehaven, driving a blue Vauxhall Astra, was also killed.

Two men, also local to the area, escaped with minor injuries, after their car, a Chrysler Neon, also crashed.

Kathryn Graham, from Moor Row, near Whitehaven, was behind the wheel with her mother and aunt, both from Cleator Moor, Cumbria, in the back passenger seats.

Her cousin, who has not been named, was a front-seat passenger and is now in a critical condition in Newcastle Royal Victoria Infirmary.

A Cumbria Police control room supervisor said two of the cars had been heading northbound on the single carriageway road while the third was being driven southbound. The cause of the accident is not yet known but an investigation is under way.

A spokesman for Cumbria Police said: "Officers also urgently want to talk to a man who stopped at the scene and gave a brief witness statement before continuing with his journey. Officers have been unable to contact the man since the incident and would ask him to get in touch if he sees any media coverage as he may be a key witness."