Three members of Ukrainian family died in head-on crash with bus inquest told

Three members of a Ukrainian refugee family died when their car crashed head-on into a double decker bus, an inquest has heard.

35 year-old Daria Bartienieva, her son, Ihor Bartienieva, six, and stepdaughter, Anastasiia Bartienieva, 15, were killed.

An inquest heard “glare from the sun or a distraction in the car” may have caused Ms Bartienieva to cross into the opposite carriageway and hit the front of a bus.

This was while travelling on the A61 from their adopted North Yorkshire home of Ripon to a hospital appointment in Harrogate.