TV appeal over triple death crash

Police have offered a £5,000 reward for information about the crash

A television appeal has been made for information about a head-on crash which killed three members of the same family.

Six-year-old Jack Powell, his mother Rachel Turk and stepfather Richard Turk died in the crash on the A4130, near Huntercombe in Oxford, on 29 September 2003.

Jack's eight-year-old sister, Emily, from Margate in Kent, who was also in the Toyota, survived the crash.

On the BBC Crimewatch programme on Tuesday, an appeal was made for the driver of a red old-style Mini to come forward.

Part of the jigsaw is missing and I need to finish the jigsaw Jenny Plenty, Emily's grandmother

It is believed the driver of the Mini overtook a car causing another vehicle to crash into the Turk's Toyota, according to Crimewatch.

A £5,000 reward has been offered by Thames Valley Police for information about the accident.

Jenny Plenty, Mrs Turk's mother and Emily's grandmother, asked for help from viewers to trace the driver.

She said: "I need some answers. Part of the jigsaw is missing and I need to finish the jigsaw.

"Perhaps it wasn't his fault but he does know what happened.

Richard and Rachel had only been married for nine months

"Or any witnesses who were at the scene - please come forward."

She said her granddaughter had undergone four operations and metal plates and pins had been removed from her leg and arm.

But there is still a steel plate remaining in her wrist which will be there for the rest of her life.

Mr and Mrs Turk, both of RAF Benson in Oxfordshire, who had only been married for nine months, were killed instantly in the collision.

Jack died from his injuries in the John Radcliffe Hospital the following day.

Anyone with information should contact Thames Valley Police.