Police have confirmed that five people who died in a head-on crash between a car and a lorry were from the same family.
The victims, who included a baby, were all from the Durham area, according to Humberside Police who are investigating.
Three of the family died at the scene after the smash on the A18 near Grimbsy on Friday lunchtime.
Two were taken to the Diana Princess of Wales Hospital but died later.
They had been on their way to Skegness with friends, travelling in a Nissan Primera.
Three ambulances and an air ambulance rushed to the spot in Laceby, which was then closed until late on Friday night.
The driver of the lorry - a light goods vehicle - is thought to have sustained minor injuries.
The accident happened on the A18 near Grimsby A Humberside Police spokesman said: "Police officers investigating the serious collision which happened on the A18 near Laceby on Friday 12 April 2013 are now able to confirm that all five people who tragically died were from the same family who were from the Durham area.
"The family, which included a baby, are thought to have been driving to Skegness with friends when the collision happened."
Operations Superintendent Tracy Bradley said: "Our deepest thoughts go out to the family and friends of those who were tragically killed in this collision.
"We are working closely with relatives of those who lost their lives and are supporting them through what will be a very difficult time.
"Roads policing officers are working closely with our collision investigation team to piece together the evidence we have gathered in order to try and determine what led to this tragic incident taking place and took the lives of those travelling in the Nissan at the time.
"We have spoken to a number of key witnesses already, however, if anyone saw the incident but has not come forward I would ask them to do so."
The Grimsby stretch of the A18 featured in a BBC television programme, Britain's Most Dangerous Roads, in 2011.
The show, which aired two years ago, claimed the stretch of road was 25 times more dangerous than the average British motorway, with 20 crashes in the previous three years.
It was also found to be the UK's highest-risk stretch of road for car drivers in a nationwide survey conducted by the Road Safety Foundation in 2010.
After the crash, Jason Abrams, a golfer at the nearby Laceby Manor Golf Club, told ITV News: "All we know is that there's been four adults and one baby killed in the accident.
"It's a bendy road but people do go at a great lick along it. It's 60mph at the moment but the council are looking at changing it to 50 and hopefully this will make a difference.
"A car went into an articulated lorry. All we know is what the police have said - that the car tried to overtake something or the car hit a kerb which has sent it spinning out of control and obviously gone head-on into a lorry."
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