These are the first pictures of a British mother who died when a 4x4 plunged off a bridge in Iceland in a crash that also killed her baby daughter and injured her financial trader husband.
Rajshree Laturia died when the Land Cruiser smashed through barriers and fell from a road crossing over Skeidararsandur, a vast sand plain in the country's south, yesterday morning. Her husband, Shreeraj Laturia, who was driving, was hurt in the fall but their 10-month-old baby died, according to Iceland's Indian embassy.
The crash also killed their sister-in-law Khushboo Laturia - married to Shreeraj's brother, investment banker Supreme. Two other children were injured.
All four adults, who are British citizens of Indian origin in their 30s, have worked in the City of London. The families, who live in London, were on a four-day Christmas sightseeing holiday when the tragedy happened.
Last night there were claims that the seven-seat SUV was being driven 'wildly' before it crashed through barriers and fell more than 26ft in freezing temperatures nearly two hours before sunrise. There were also claims that some of those in the car were not wearing seat belts.
Spanish au pair Monica Fontam, 20, who was working for both couples, told MailOnline this morning: 'I'm still in a terrible state of shock, we all are.
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Pictures have emerged of British woman Rajshree Laturia who was killed in the Icelandic bridge crash. She is shown with her financial trader husband Shreeraj Laturia, who was injured in the crash
Financial trader Shreeraj Laturia (pictured), believed to be from London, was injured in the crash which left his wife, Rajshree Laturia, and a child dead
Three British tourists including a child were killed after the SUV they were in plunged off a bridge in Iceland yesterday. All of the injured have been transported from the scene in a Coast Guard helicopter (pictured) and taken to a hospital in the capital Reykjavík
Emergency services personnel are pictured at the scene near the crumpled remains of the Toyota Land Cruiser, which was carrying seven people
Witnesses described horrifying scenes at the crash site, where a silver-coloured SUV lay crumpled on its roof beneath the bridge
Tour guide Adolf Erlingsson was among the first on the scene, and said it appeared the car (pictured) had hit the ground several yards from where it stopped
Pictured is the exterior of the east London home of one of the families caught up in the Icelandic bridge tragedy
'I've only been with the family for the last couple of months, and they've welcomed me and treated me as one of their own. They all live here and they're all very close.
'They were all here last night discussing what to do. A family friend is organising everything for them and staying here to see them through this.'
In a LinkedIn profile, Shreeraj Laturia is described as Director, Trader at RBC Capital Markets, a financial services firm in London.
A family friend told The Sun that they had been 'so excited' ahead of the trip.
'They were all so sharp, even the kids. So intelligent. A popular and much loved family by so many people, I still can’t believe they are gone and that this has happened,' the friend said.
The SUV is said to have overtaken cars at above the 50mph speed limit as it drove towards the single-track bridge.
Tour guide Adolf Ingi Erlingsson was among the first on the scene in a barren, rocky area of the country known as the 'black desert'. He told The Sun: 'People say they had been overtaken by the Toyota being driven wildly at very high speed.'
Mr Erlingsson said four people were outside the car, one of whom was dead. Another three were trapped inside, only one of whom was alive.
'It was horrible,' he said. 'The car seemed to have hit the ground many meters from where it stopped. We struggled getting everyone out.'
Mr Erlingsson told local newspaper Frettabladid: 'I was driving when just before I got to the bridge I saw a flashing light and then a police car arrived.
'I went to check to see if I could help, and with the two policemen went into the car to try and pull people out. It was naturally horrific - there was a man with two little children lying on either side of him, who were still conscious.
A further four Britons - two of them children - were critically injured in the accident, which took place at Skeidararsandur, a vast sand plain in southern Iceland, at around 9.30am (file picture shows the bridge where it is understood the crash happened)
A further four people were critically injured in the accident, in Núpsvötn, south of Vatnajökull glacier at around 9.30am
'The man thought he was dying and could not move. One of the officers was trying to calm him down, give him a drink, and get him to stay awake.'
Mr Erlingsson said the driver was stuck under the dashboard. 'He was talking so I told him to save his energy and be quiet,' he said.
According to the Times, Mr Erlingsson said it appeared that some of the group had not been wearing seatbelts.
He said: 'One of the deceased was a young child, around three years old. At first I thought another child had died, but it was actually a small woman.'
Police said the road was not thought to be icy but humidity could have made the surface slippery for the SUV, which was driving eastbound.
The vehicle slammed through a railing on the 46-year-old, one-lane crossing, before landing on a rocky river bank.
Indian ambassador Armstrong Changsan visited the survivors in hospital and said: 'The situation is very bad. Three people have died and one of them is an infant.
'There were seven people. Two couples in their thirties and three children. The other two children are aged 8 and nine and are a girl and boy. The girl is in surgery.'
He said it was too early to establish the cause of the tragedy, and police had given him no indication of what had happened to cause the vehicle to go off the road.
He added: 'I believe the family had come to Iceland to see the glaciers. There is a popular tourist site there.'
Changsan, who went to visit some of the survivors in hospital, told the Times of India: 'They are British citizens of Indian origin with families in India. Their brother is in India. He needs an urgent visa to come here. Iceland officials are trying to help out on this.
'Friends of the accident victims have rushed from the UK to Reykjavik. The condition of the survivors is now stable. The British Embassy here is taking care of matters.'
The Times of India said the brother referred to by Changsan was called Sarvesh Laturia.
He told the newspaper: 'It was my two brothers and their wives - they are British people. They were on vacation in Iceland and their car met with an accident in which my two sister-in-laws passed away, and my niece passed away. My two brothers are in a critical condition in hospital.'
Casualties from yesterday's crash arrive in an emergency helicopter at a hospital in Iceland's capital, Reykjavík
Police say it remains unclear what caused the driver to lose control of the vehicle. Pictured: One of the casualties arrives at hospital in Reykjavík
One of the casualties is wheeled over the tarmac and into the hospital as Coast Guard officers brief medics on the situation
Yesterday, Chief Superintendent Sveinn Kristjan Runarsso said the four injured have been taken to hospital with serious injuries, but added that 'we haven't been able to talk to them about what happened'.
All of the injured have been transported from the scene in a Coast Guard helicopter and taken to a hospital in the capital Reykjavík.
A Foreign Office spokesperson said last night: 'We are supporting the family of several British nationals who were involved in a road traffic accident in Iceland and we are in close contact with the Icelandic authorities.'
The bridge was built in 1973 and is 420 yards long, making it the second-longest in the country.
Mr Erlingsson said the crash occurred in an area that was 'the most popular destination on the south coast'.
The crash happened just south of Skaftafell National Park, part of the Vatnajokull National Park, which was nominated for inclusion in Unesco's World Heritage List in 2018.
The Vatnajokull glacier is the largest in Europe, covering 8% of Iceland's landmass including the island's tallest peak Hvannadalshnjukur at 2,200 metres tall (7,218ft).
Tourists flock to the area to enjoy hiking, camping and sightseeing flights.
South of the national park is the Skeidararsandur, a vast sand plain formed from alluvial deposits, with little vegetation, with the Nupsvotn glacial lakes on its western boundary.
The British Foreign Office website urges tourists to monitor the country's road safety and weather websites due to often difficult conditions.
Officials say 18 people have died on Iceland's roads this year, half of them foreigners.
A police vehicle at a roadblock on Route 1 in Iceland, near the Jokulsarlon glacier lagoon, near where yesterday's incident took place
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