PICTURED: Five members of the same US family, including two children among 10 killed in fiery car crash near Acapulco in Mexico

  • Five members of a family including two children died in a car crash in Mexico
  • A husband and wife, their daughter and two grandchildren were killed
  • Family were in a rented van when the crash occurred near Acapulco

By Reuters

Published: 18:03 GMT, 31 December 2017 | Updated: 05:38 GMT, 1 January 2018

Five members of a Washington family including two children died in a car crash and subsequent fire which killed 10 in Mexico on Friday.

The relatives who lost their lives are husband and wife Gaspar Gómez Gómez, 46, and María De Los Ángel González Gómez, 45; their daughter, Denisse Gómez González, 26; and their grandchildren David Zúñiga Gómez, six, and Alexa Zúñiga Gómez, one, The Seattle Times reports.

The family from Tacoma were in a rented van when the crash involving a motorbike and two other vehicles occurred on the highway between tourist hot spot Acapulco and beach city Zihuatanejo in the state of Guerrero, according to authorities. 

Denisse Gómez González, 26, died alongside her mother and father and two children 

Denisse Gómez González, 26, died alongside her mother and father and two children 

Husband and wife Gaspar Gómez Gómez, 46, and María De Los Ángel González Gómez, 45, are pictured here with their son Geovany Gómez González, 18, who survived

Husband and wife Gaspar Gómez Gómez, 46, and María De Los Ángel González Gómez, 45, are pictured here with their son Geovany Gómez González, 18, who survived

David Zúñiga Gómez (right), six, and Alexa Zúñiga Gómez (left), one, were killed in the crash. Luis Ángel Zúñiga Gómez (center), eight, was injured

David Zúñiga Gómez (right), six, and Alexa Zúñiga Gómez (left), one, were killed in the crash. Luis Ángel Zúñiga Gómez (center), eight, was injured

Gaspar and Maria’s son Geovany Gómez González, 18, and Luis Ángel Zúñiga Gómez, 8, a grandchild were injured in the crash. 

Denisse was Luis, David and Alexa's mother.  

The highway along the Pacific Coast is typically busier than usual at year-end, when tourists flock to beaches for vacations.

Last week a dozen tourists, including U.S., Brazilian, Canadian and Swedish citizens, were killed when their bus crashed and flipped over on a highway in the Yucatan Peninsula state of Quintana Roo, where many popular tourist sites are located.

A three-vehicle collision left at least 10 people dead, five of them residents of the United States

A three-vehicle collision left at least 10 people dead, five of them residents of the United States

Several U.S. citizens were among 10 people who died in a car crash and subsequent fire on the southwestern coast of Mexico near tourist hot spot Acapulco

Several U.S. citizens were among 10 people who died in a car crash and subsequent fire on the southwestern coast of Mexico near tourist hot spot Acapulco

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