Five people – including two children – dead in M6 crash
The two-car crash happened on Tuesday afternoon near Tebay Services.
Five people, including two children, have died in a car crash on the M6 motorway.
Cumbria Police said officers were called to the crash on the northbound carriageway near Tebay Services involving a Skoda and Toyota at 4.04pm on Tuesday.
The man driving the Toyota, as well as a woman and two children, all from Glasgow, were pronounced dead at the scene.
The Cambridgeshire man driving the Skoda was also declared dead at the crash site.
A third child in the Toyota was taken to the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle with serious injuries.
Cumbria Police said in a statement: “The families of those involved are being supported by specially trained officers.”
The road reopened early on Wednesday.
Anyone with information relating to this incident can report online at www.cumbria.police.uk/report-it, quoting incident number 146 of October 15, or call on 101.
Alternatively, reports can be made via contact Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.
