Pope’s relatives killed in car crash

Three relatives of Pope Francis, two great nephews and their mother, have been killed in a traffic accident in Argentina, police said.

The dead from Tuesday’s crash include a baby aged eight months and a two-year-old toddler, police commissioner Carina Ferreyra said.

Their father, the pope’s nephew Horacio Bergoglio, was in serious condition, she told the AFP news agency.

The accident happened on a highway after midnight in the central province of Cordoba.

For reasons that are under investigation the car hit a truck carrying grain from behind. The pope’s nephew is in hospital with multiple injuries. Official details of his condition have not been released.

He is the son of Alberto, the pope’s late brother.