A BRITISH dad "fell asleep at the wheel" killing himself and his two young sons in a horror crash in France today.
His wife and another child were severely injured in the crash, as the car left the road, smashed through barriers, and fell on to a slip road after crossing an embankment.
Witnesses saw the driver lose control of the car shortly after 7am on the A39 motorway at Savigny-en-Revermont, in the east of the country, south of Dijon.
Pictures show the burnt out wreckage of the vehicle, which was surrounded by debris, and almost unrecognisable as a family car.
Local police said "two out of three children onboard" – aged four and 10 – are thought to have "died instantly, alongside their father", who was aged 31.
The children’s mother survived, alongside a three-year-old child, but both had been rushed to an intensive car unit.
Both were airlifted to the Edouard Herriot hospital in Lyon, where a spokesman said they were "in a critical condition".
A judicial enquiry into the tragedy has been opened, and the early theory is that the diver fell asleep at the wheel.
No other vehicles were involved, and weather and road conditions were good, according to investigating sources.
Two emergency helicopters were scrambled to the scene of the crash, which saw the A39 shut in both directions.
The family, who have not been identified, lived in Britain and were thought to be on holiday in France.
A psychological unit was set up around the scene of the crash, to treat those who had witnessed the horror.
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