A mother-of-seven and her teenage daughter, who died in a motorway accident, were returning home from a family holiday when the tragedy happened.

Bakery assistant Joanne Palmer-Parchment, 40, and 13-year-old Celeste died at the scene when Joanne's Peugeot 405 suddenly went out of control, hit a crash barrier and was then struck by another car on the M6 near Manchester.

Four more of Joanne's children, including 19-month-old twin boys, were also injured in the smash but are now recovering at the home of their eldest sister Eletta.

Mum-of-two Eletta paid a tribute to her caring mother and sister, who she said loved life and would do anything for anybody.

"Celeste used to be good-naturedly teased by her sisters and I would stick up for her," said Eletta.

"She was a real free spirit. She was really close to my three-year-old daughter Aisha and loved to make her up with lip gloss, nail polish and eye shadow."

Eletta said her mother - who safely delivered Aisha when she was born prematurely at home - was a sensitive and loving person who always put other people first.

"She liked to be the centre of attention and hog the limelight. She was lively and loved life. But she was also a wonderfully caring person who was always thinking of other people."

Eletta said she and her mother, who lived at Bradford Moor, were pregnant at the same time - she with her son Rahees and Joanne with twins Kyle and Keiron. "She was like a big sister. She looked very young and when we were out together no-one could believe that we weren't sisters."

Eletta, 21, of Upper Rushton Road, Thornbury, said the family had been returning from a week-long family holiday at Pontins in Blackpool when the accident happened between Orrell and Standish in Greater Manchester.

"We always went on holiday together, we had done since I was nine, and everyone looked forward to it."

Eletta said she had been travelling back in another car in front of her mum's but had lost sight of her when the accident happened. When she arrived back home she tried to ring her but when she could not get in touch she tried to find out if something was wrong. It was seven hours later when police arrived at her door to break the tragic news.

She then had to travel back to Lancashire to identify the bodies of Celeste and Joanne and go to two separate hospitals to tell sisters Nilanthie, 16, and 15-year-old Sheleen about the deaths. All four children have been released from hospital and Eletta says she will now look after them.

Eletta said her mother, who also has a 19-year-old son Nathaniel, was separated from her husband. They had remained friends but she had found happiness with another man.

Joanne and Celeste, a pupil at Laisterdyke High School, will be buried together at Scholemoor Cemetery after a joint funeral at the Church of God of Prophecy in Victor Road, Manningham.