A MOTHER-OF-THREE has spoken out about the terrifying moment her car burst into flames on the M3 near Basingstoke last week.
On Wednesday morning (April 14), Rosie Howell was travelling from home in Southampton to Basingstoke with her young daughters, aged six and four, and one-year-old son, when her car caught fire on the M3 northbound between junctions six and seven, temporarily closing the road.
They were on their way to see Rosie’s sister and her family, who they haven’t seen since February last year, and who have never met Rosie’s baby boy.
Her sister lives in Chiswick, so they had planned to meet roughly halfway in Basingstoke.