Helena Bonham Carter’s relatives killed in crash.

Posted on August 27, 2008

Helena Bonham Carter has lost four relatives in a vehicle crash when they were on a safari holiday, on August 20.

The crash occurred when the family’s minibus went out of control after a tire blew out. The van rolled over several times in the African bush. Five out of the seven family members were thrown out of the van. The accident occurred as the van traveled from Botswana to Madikwe Game Reserve.

Among the dead were Marcus Egerton-Warburton, 14, Marcus’s grandmother Brenda Bonham Carter, 74, his step-grandfather Francis Kirkwood, and his aunt Kay Bonham Carter, 55. The other relatives were shocked and grieved for their lost ones.