Funeral for crash victims

The cortege travelled from the nearby family home

A funeral service has taken place for three members of a family from Swinton in South Yorkshire who were killed in a car crash in Corfu.

Railway signalman Neil I'Anson, 34, his wife Dawn, 28, and their six-year-old son Keegan died when their vehicle was involved in a crash with another car on the Greek island on 29 September.

Their daughter, Sadie, aged seven, survived the crash and was at Friday's service in a wheelchair along with her grandparents.

About 350 friends and family gathered to see the three white coffins brought into St Margaret's Church in Swinton where the couple married almost 10 years ago.

The crash left Sadie I'Anson (right) an orphan

Sadie I'Anson wrote a letter to her parents and brother which was placed on their coffins alongside drawings of her family together outside their home.

During the service, a poem called Dawn, written by Neil for his wife ahead of their tenth wedding anniversary next month, was read out by Dawn's father, Brian Wigley.

In the poem, Neil I'Anson described his wife as: "The only one for me."

The vicar, Father Christopher Barley, who has spent time with Sadie over the last few days, said: "Everyone was there to support the family, especially Sadie.

"She did remarkably well. There were tears, of course, but she was very brave indeed."

Following the hour-long service, the three bodies were laid to rest, along with the pictures and letters, in the graveyard of the 19th Century church.