During a move from Surrey, parents killed in a head-on crash have left behind two children who survived.

sent the boy and girl to hospital, where theyB次元官网网址檙e recovering from serious injuries.

The Martel family vehicle was loaded for a move to the Shuswap-region city when the crash happened that Sunday evening on Highway 1, in the Tappen/Carlin area.

Police said four people were in an eastbound SUV travelling in the westbound lanes when the vehicle collided with a westbound semi-trailer.

Parents Mike and Robin Martel died at the scene, and their children Maverick, 8, and Bailee Jo, 5, are recovering at BC ChildrenB次元官网网址檚 Hospital without their mother and father by their side.

Both kids play baseball with Whalley Little League and went to school at Georges Vanier Elementary in Newton, according to Mark Deshane, vice-president of the baseball association.

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Maverick has had multiple surgeries for fractures of both leg femurs, Deshane wrote in .

B次元官网网址淗e has also had surgeries on a crushed hand. He is no longer in critical condition but is unable to visit at all due to high levels of pain killers and his multiple other injuries. Bailee Jo has had surgeries to fuse her neck as well as a fracture in her lower leg and wrist. They are hopeful she will recover without spinal cord injury.

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