Cambridgeshire driver among five killed in M6 crash

A driver from Cambridgeshire is one of five people, including two children, to have been killed in a crash on the M6.

The collision happened on the M6 northbound carriageway, past Tebay services, on Tuesday (15 October) at 4.40pm.

A man, woman and two children from Glasgow travelling in a Toyota were pronounced dead at the scene, alongside the driver of a Skoda, who was from Cambridgeshire, Cumbria Police said.

A third child, who was in the Toyota, was taken to the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle by air ambulance with serious injuries.

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.