M6 crash: 'Car drove wrong way down motorway' before horror collision killed five including two kids

A 40-year-old antheral from Cambridgeshire was reportedly travelling connected the incorrect broadside of the M6 successful Cumbria erstwhile helium was progressive successful a clang successful which helium died, on with 4 others including 2 children

A operator successful a motorway clang successful which 5 people, including 2 children, died had been travelling connected the incorrect broadside of the road, it has was claimed.

Cumbria Police said officers were called to a study of a Skoda travelling southbound connected the northbound carriageway of the M6 adjacent Tebay Services astatine 4.04pm connected Tuesday.

The officers were connected way to the country erstwhile further calls were received reporting the Skoda had been progressive successful a head-on collision with a Toyota, the unit said.

The 42-year-old antheral driving the Toyota, arsenic good arsenic a 33-year-old pistillate and 2 boys aged 15 and seven, each from Glasgow, were pronounced dormant astatine the scene. The 40-year-old Cambridgeshire antheral driving the Skoda was besides declared dormant astatine the clang site.

A 3rd lad successful the Toyota, besides aged seven, was airlifted to the Royal Victoria Infirmary successful Newcastle wherever helium remains successful a superior condition. All six radical progressive successful the clang person yet to beryllium formally identified.

Photographs connected societal media showed a immense plume of achromatic fume rising into the entity supra the motorway astatine the tract of the crash. The images besides showed the tailbacks created by the incident, with postulation backed up crossed each 3 lanes of the motorway.

Four occurrence engines from adjacent Penrith, Kendal and Shap were mobilised pursuing the incident, and occurrence crews remained astatine the country for respective hours. A spokesperson for Cumbria Police said: "The families of those progressive are being supported by specially trained officers.

"Officers would similar to convey members of the nationalist that assisted astatine the country and those affected by the collision for their patience. We would besides similar to convey those that person already been successful interaction who witnessed oregon person dashcam of the incident, we proceed the entreaty to anyone with accusation oregon with dashcam to contacts us.

"Anyone with accusation relating to this incidental tin study online astatine www.cumbria.police.uk/report-it, quoting incidental fig 146 of 15 October. You tin besides telephone connected 101. Alternatively, you tin interaction Crimestoppers, anonymously, connected 0800 555 111."