Daily Express from London, London, England • 13

DAILY EXPRESS Thursday November 24 1994 News Father saw his family die in the rear-view mirror STONES BITTER MULTIPACK 7-89 12x500ml BUY 2 SAVE 2 INSTANTLY PRINCE CASPIAN VODKA TOci 3-97 BUY 2 -SAVE 2 INSTANTLY BUY 2 4 PACKS SAVE 4 Op INSTANTLY QC BRITISH SHERRY Big Valve Litre DRAUGHT GUINNESS 4x440ml Banker tells of A MERCHANT banker yesterday told of the horror of seeing his wife and two young children killed in a 70mpn crash Ian Wace who was driving ahead of his family watched in his rear-view mirror as their Range Rover careered through a central reservation and rolled over into the path of a lorry His wife Joanne and their son Guy four and 11-month-old daughter Alicia were killed saw the car gently veer towards the hard he said first I said then I shouted and then I screamed as I saw the wheel burst into the gravel and hit the Mr Wace who was driving his Mercedes was found cradling his son at the scene near Andover Hampshire Rescuers almost had to prise the dead youngster from his arms Yesterday the 31-year-old £500000-a year City broker described the horror for the first time Wheels Before the accident on the A303 he had been constantly checking his mirror almost instinctively feeling that something was about to happen does things subconsciously that now seem rather he told a court the time I was looking at its wheels Accident investigator PC David Jenkins said once Mrs Wace i MANGLED: The wreckage of the family Range Rover 6 1 shouted Joanne then I screamed Joanne as the car hit the kerb9 UQUGRMME KW IK SAVE I'sbotH ymond Diamond ifiiniW BRITAIN'S Nol FOOD DISCOUNTER These are the maximum prices you will pay we are constantly seeking to reduce these further please see in-store for even more savings! By Express Reporter JOHN COLES HORROR: Ian Wace The cruise control was in the position he said But Mr Wace said his wife did not know how to operate it Mr Mitchell said it may have been triggered accidentally during the crash as there was clear evidence Mrs Wace had braked fiercely Coroner Mr Short said he believed the crash was caused when Mrs Wace 34 had a temporary lapse of concentration probably when one of the children distracted her must be the ultimate nightmare of any husband and father to lose his family in this Verdicts: Accident lost control even Nigel Mansell could have recovered Mr Wace recalled how it had been a as the family returned to their home in Putney South West London from a weekend with his brother in Devon He was travelling separately because he had driven there from a business trip in Italy He said there was no obvious reason for the sudden manoeuvre which he likened to someone being distracted Mr Wace calmly described how the Range Rover veered from tne fast lane to the slow lane found One witness said she saw him stop and call out to his wife Lorry driver Jonathan Barber of Bracknell Berkshire said the Range Rover rolled over four or five times before hitting his vehicle in the opposite carriageway Witness Aileen Cockshut said: I remember praying for a moment that a miracle might happen and it would avoid it but it was Vehicle examiner Keith Mitchell said he and four engineers from the makers could find no defects and then back again this time I was extremely concerned for what was actually happening in front of my he said car just drove over the central reservation It was as if the crash barrier there and it had become airborne drove through the barrier I think the car was on two wheels before it hit the barrier The angle of approach caused the car to Mid-Hampshire coroner Graham Snort did not Eress him further on what appened or what he Row over free trips for wives By JOHN INGHAM BOARD of Trade President Michael Heseltine was under fire last night for letting his Ministers take their wives round the world at expense His team ran up a bill of £40000 on six trade promotion visits last year Mr Heseltine and his wife Anne led the way with a £20000 bill for visits to Australia Japan Michael and Anne Heseltine to Australia and Japan at £12010 and to South Africa at £7900 Earl and Lady Ferrers to Singapore Australia and New Zealand for £12037 and Tim and Charmian Eggar to South America for £11319 Last night a DTI spokesman said all the trips had been cleared adding that wives worked hard often on separate programmes to help their husbands on the trade missions wife Mary Details of the globetrotting expenses were revealed in written answers to veteran costcutting Labour MP Stephen Byers suppose we should be pleased that Tory Ministers are spending more time with their own he said they should not do so at the id South Africa Ex-Minister Neil Hamilton went i a £2004 trif to Romania withnur The include 4he visits by.