Girl, five, is killed in a half-term crash which left her twin brother was badly injured

By STEWART WHITTINGHAM, REPORTER Published: 20:12, 28 May 2026 | Updated: 20:17, 28 May 2026 A five-year-old girl has been killed in a half-term crash in which her twin brother was also badly injured, her grandfather has revealed. Alana Moscrop died in hospital five days after the crash last Thursday on the A59 in Gisburn, Lancashire. It is believed her grandmother was driving the children when her Skoda Karoq crashed with a VW Golf R in the remote rural spot. Alana’s grandfather revealed the heartbreaking news in a Facebook tribute. Dave Moscrop said: ‘Unfortunately Alana is no longer with us following a tragic accident a few days ago. ‘Prayers to give strength to all those family and friends affected. ‘Thanks and much appreciation to all the emergency services, hospital staff involved. Five-year-old girl Alana Moscrop was tragically killed in a car crash which left her twin brother seriously injured. Here they are pictured with parents Andrew Moscrop, 34, and Natalie Knowles Emergency services scrambled to the scene after a Skoda crashed into a VW Golf last Thursday at 3.55pm Alana’s devastated mother Natalie and father Andrew also shared heartbreaking tribute pictures of their daughter showing her smiling and laughing. Tributes flooded in on social media from her parents’ friends and family. One woman said Alana was a ‘beautiful little girl’ while another said she was a ‘sweet girl’. Lancashire Police said the family’s Skoda was travelling westbound when it hit the VW. The force said the VW driver, a man in his 20s, also suffered serious injuries and remains in hospital. Detectives said he is ‘being treated as a witness in our investigation’. A police spokesperson said: ‘All our thoughts are with her family and loved ones at this very distressing time, and they are being supported by specially trained family liaison officers.’ They added: ‘We must stress that the investigation into the collision is ongoing, and it is still in its early stages in determining exactly what happened. Our officers continue to appeal for anyone who witnessed it or has dashcam footage from the area around the time it happened – who haven’t yet contacted us – to please get in touch. ‘If you have any information which you think can help us, we want you to contact us. ‘We ask you to please refrain from speculating about what happened. ‘The investigation will determine this and speculative comments around what might have happened can be very distressing for the family of the little girl.’ No comments have so far been submitted. Why not be the first to send us your thoughts, or debate this issue live on our message boards. By posting your comment you agree to our house rules. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual We will automatically post your comment and a link to the news story to your Facebook timeline at the same time it is posted on MailOnline. To do this we will link your MailOnline account with your Facebook account. We’ll ask you to confirm this for your first post to Facebook. You can choose on each post whether you would like it to be posted to Facebook. Your details from Facebook will be used to provide you with tailored content, marketing and ads in line with our Privacy Policy.