A FATHER and his two teenage sons were the victims of a triple fatal crash near the Suffolk/Cambs border, police have confirmed.

A FATHER and his two teenage sons were the victims of an horrific car crash at Horseheath, near Haverhill.

David Bocking, 43, from Halstead, and his sons, Daniel 14, and Stephen, 13, both from Potton, Bedfordshire, died in the crash at 3.30pm on Saturday.

They were travelling in a red Peugeot 806 estate car that collided with a silver VW Golf on the A1037.

Five other people were injured in the crash. Police said 39-year-old woman, an eight-year-old girl and a 60-year-old man were all in a critical condition last night while a 50-year-old woman was in a serious condition and a 13-year-old girl was in a serious but stable condition. They are all being treated at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge.