Devastated relatives today paid tribute to one of the pensioners killed in a horrific head-on road smash.

Winifred Baxter described her sister-in-law Dorothy Jones as an active woman who had gone off dancing with her husband and a friend on the night of the tragedy.

Mrs Jones, 71, of Springs Lane, Ilkley, died when the Honda Civic she was driving was involved in a collision with a Vauxhall Astra on Hollins Hill near Baildon at 11pm on Thursday.

Muriel Metcalfe, 77, of Bradford Road, Menston, a passenger in the car, also died of multiple injuries in the accident and Mrs Jones's husband Norman, 71, was injured.

The driver of the Astra, a 19-year-old man from Thornton, died from his injuries yesterday. His three passengers were all injured in the accident and taken to Bradford Royal Infirmary, from where two of the young people were later discharged.

Mrs Baxter, 73, of Springs Lane, Ilkley, said: "We found out when Norman's son-in-law phoned us on Friday morning - it was a terrible shock. We're still in shock now and just can't believe what's happened.

"Dorothy was a very out-going person, very active and had passed her advanced drivers' test a few years ago.

"She was a former employee of Marks and Spencer - she'd been a supervisor at the Bradford store - and was still a member of the pensioners group.

"She and Norman had just started bowling in Ilkley and they loved dancing.

"They enjoyed modern, old time and sequence and on Thursday night had gone off dancing in Shipley.''

Mrs Baxter said they were hoping to be able to visit her brother in hospital as soon as possible. He was said to be in a comfortable condition last night, as was the third passenger of the Astra.

Mrs Baxter's husband Eric, 71, added: "We saw them going off to a dance at 7.30pm. You just don't think anything like that is going to happen, but when we got up on Friday morning their car wasn't outside, and then we got the call from Norman's son-in-law. We've been told Norman's in a stable condition. He knows what's happened to Dorothy but can't believe it. He's in a state of shock.''

Mrs Jones leaves two grown-up children, Paul and Jane, and three grandchildren.

A neighbour of Muriel Metcalfe's, who did not wish to be named said: "I knew her for three or four years and she was a lovely lady. It's a real tragedy."

Bunches of flowers have already appeared at the scene of the crash.

Today Councillor John Cole (Lib Dem, Baildon) said he was horrified about the accident.

"The first thing to say is that our hearts go out to the families involved. Secondly, there have been some traffic calming measures on Hollins Hill, but undoubtedly the Council's road safety officers will be looking at this stretch of road again."

And Harry and Sybil Whiteley, who live close to the crash scene on Hollins Hill, said it was the worst accident they had seen.