Two children and three adults have died in a collision on the M6.
It happened northbound past Tebay Services and emergency services were called to the incident at around 4.05pm yesterday, Tuesday October 15.
Police were called after reports that a Skoda was travelling south on the northbound carriageway and officers were on their way when further calls were received that it had been involved in a head-on collision with a Toyota.
The driver of the Skoda, a 40-year-old man from Cambridgeshire, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The male 42-year-old driver of the Toyota, a 33-year-old woman and two children – a 15-year-old boy and seven-year-old boy, all from Glasgow were also pronounced dead at the scene.
Another child in the Toyota, aged seven, was taken to the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle with serious injuries. He remains in a serious condition.
Formal identification of those involved has not yet taken place.
The families of those involved are being supported by specially trained officers.
The M6 northbound full reopened in the early hours of this morning.
Cumbria police said: “Officers would like to thank members of the public that assisted at the scene and those affected by the collision for their patience.
“We would also like to thank those that have already been in touch who witnessed or have dashcam of the incident, we continue the appeal to anyone with information or with dashcam to contacts us.”
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 or call 101.
Alternatively contact Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.
