A vehicle recovery driver called out to a crash at a Worcestershire accident blackspot discovered his son among four teenage fatalities.

Martyn Pickering, aged 18, had been driving a navy blue Rover 220 Coupe, which spun out of control around a bend and careered into a tree.

He died on impact with two girls aged 16 and 17. His 18 year-old friend Kyle Gadsby was rushed to hospital but died shortly afterwards.

Kyle's mother Mrs Trisha Gadsby-Dyer, 44, revealed Martyn's father was called out to the A449, a 70mph road near Ombersley, Worcestershire, to collect the mangled car.

He is understood to have recognised his son's car and was last night said to be "inconsolable".

Choking back tears, Mrs Gadsby-Dyer described the tragic events of Sunday night.

"Martyn's step-mum rung me quite late and said she hadn't heard from Martyn and asked me If I'd heard from Kyle. We tried to phone him on his mobile but we couldn't get through. Five minutes later the police called to say there had been a crash.

"Martyn and the girls died at the scene and Kyle was taken to hospital but when they got him out, they said there was only a five per cent chance he'd make it.

"They did everything they could but when we got to the hospital he had died.

"We all went to see him and he looked incredibly peaceful. There were only a few little scratches on his face.

"We are all devastated. I just can't believe what has happened. He was at the very start of his adult life. The worst of it is Martyn's dad is a vehicle recovery driver and he was called out to the scene.

"I don't know what he saw or how close he got but it's horrific to think his son was lying dead a few yards away."

Mrs Gadsby-Dyer shares a terraced home in Droitwich Spa, Worcestershire, with her 30 year-old husband Andrew – Kyle's step-father – and children Lauren, 16, Charlotte, 14 and Jake, six.

Paying tribute to her eldest son, she added: "He was very artistic and loved drawing even when he was very little.

"The last few years he's been into computers and his PlayStation, he was even doing an interactive games development course at Kidderminster College.

"His last words to me were 'see you later mum', I keep on replaying that moment."

Medical secretary Suzanne Stewart, 56, who lives near the scene, said her husband John, 57, a structural engineer went out to see what had happened.

"I followed him but another man put out his hands and stopped me because he said it was horrible," she said. "When my husband came back he looked shaken and said the scene was something he would never forget. He had seen one of the girls and said she looked as though she was asleep."

Resident Wendy Coggan said a string of fatal and non-fatal accidents had taken place on that stretch of the A449.

Residents said a woman was seriously injured in January 2003 when a car hit the same tree and two teenagers were killed 400 yards away in December 2003.

Claiming that speed was a persistent problem outside her home, Mrs Coggan, a chartered surveyor, added: "The main issue here is speed – a mile north of here the speed limit is 50mph.

"It’s our choice to live here but we are often in fear of our lives.

"Personally, I would like to see the speed limit here reduced to 50mph and there are very few that live locally that wouldn’t like to see it reduced."