Car crash mother loses unborn baby The 36-year-old mother and 39-year-old father, who are from Ireland, were cut from the wreckage and taken to hospital. Their two-year-old son died. A police spokesman said: "The male driver remains in intensive care in Derriford Hospital, Plymouth and in a critical condition having undergone surgery. The 36-year-old woman, who was a front seat passenger, was initially conveyed to Torbay Hospital but later transferred by land ambulance to Derriford Hospital where she remains in a critical condition. The female casualty was pregnant and an operation was carried out to save the unborn child. However, the child did not survive. The road was closed for more than 10 hours while the vehicles were recovered and forensic examinations took place. A police major crime investigation team - which usually deals with murders and other serious crimes - and serious collision investigation unit are both looking into the circumstances of the crash. Eyewitnesses had claimed that the Vauxhall appeared to have driven deliberately at the Golf, but police refused to comment. Twenty-five emergency service vehicles attended the incident, along with three air ambulances, including one from Dorset, which helped to take all four occupants of the cars to hospital. Paul Netherton, Assistant Chief Constable of Devon and Cornwall Police, said yesterday: "This was an extremely traumatic incident where emergency services were working on the family at the scene and subsequently in ambulances and at the hospital, and it has been traumatic on all those involved. It was a head-on collision at speed. He added the adverse weather conditions being experienced throughout the country did not contribute to the cause of the collision.