M6 crash horror as five killed including two children in head-on smash

Five people have died, including two children, after a horror crash on the M6. The driver of the Skoda, a man from Cambridgeshire was pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver, a man, a woman and two children in a Toyota from Glasgow were also pronounced dead at the scene.

A third child in the Toyota was taken to the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle with serious injuries.

The families of those involved are being supported by specially trained officers. The M6 Northbound fully reopened in the early hours of this morning.

Cumbria Police said: "Anyone with information relating to this incident can report online at www.cumbria.police.uk/report-it, quoting incident number 146 of 15 October 2024.

"You can also phone on 101. Alternatively, you can contact Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111."

One driver caught in the traffic caused by the incident yesterday, wrote on X: "Well 10 hours in the car today to get home from london area. Im done in [sic].

"Stuck at front in a m6 crash at 4pm. Just in the door. Thats us right with the red lights. 2minutes earlier, it could have been us. Car going up wrong way hit a hgv apparently. Air ambulance and everything."

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