Car 'drove wrong way on M6' before head-on smash killed five, including two kids
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA car was driving the wrong way along a motorway before ploughing into another vehicle in a horror crash that killed five people, including two children, it has emerged.
Two vehicles - a Skoda and Toyota - were involved in the head-on smash on the M6 northbound, near Tebay services in Cumbria, at about 4.05pm on Tuesday (October 15).
Police investigating the crash have now revealed that they received 'multiple reports' that the Skoda had been travelling southbound on the northbound carriageway. READ MORE: Manchester faces a £41m 'cliff edge', and it's only getting worse Officers were en route when further calls reported that the car had been involved in a head on collision with the Toyota, a police spokesman said.
Police previously said the driver of the Skoda, a man from Cambridgeshire, died instantly. A man, 42, woman, 33, and two boys, seven and 15, that were in the Toyota were also pronounced deceased at the scene.
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