Image caption All four occupants of the car were killed in the crash

Four members of a British family have been killed in a car crash as they returned from the Kennedy Space Centre, police in Florida have said. Adam Stephenson, 30, Maryanne Stephenson, 29, Brian Stephenson, 66, and Sheralyn Stephenson, 56, all from Bristol, died their rental car collided with the pick-up truck at an intersection. Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption Todd Hutchinson from Titusville Police Department said the crash was the "worst possible impact you can have"

The family, all from Tower Road, Bristol, were believed to be driving back to their rental home when their Mitsubishi sedan was hit by a Ford pick-up on Monday evening. Four members of one family killed in crash while on holiday in Florida

Titusville Police Department said the "violent collision" happened at around 6pm on Monday on Sisson Road and State Road, and saw their Mitsubishi sedan hit by a Ford pick-up. "The heavy-duty truck violently impacted the passenger side of the small sedan," the force said. "All four occupants of the sedan were pronounced deceased at the scene by arriving medical personnel." In a statement, Titusville Police Department said: “Investigators believe the Stephenson family had just left the Kennedy Space Center in their rental vehicle and were attempting to navigate back to their rental house in Davenport at the time of the crash. “GPS in the vehicle was instructing a U-turn at the intersection, most likely because of an earlier crash with road blockage on SR 407 - which was the original GPS route from the Space Center for their trip back to Davenport.”

The police force is continuing its investigation into the collision. Image caption The crash happened as the family was returning from the Kennedy Space Centre

Titusville Police Department deputy chief Todd Hutchinson said: "Our emergency personnel were on the scene within a few minutes.
Four people, all British nationals, are killed in a head-on collision with a pick-up truck in the U.S. state of Florida, according to Titusville Police Department.