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Two children among five dead in M6 crash

16 October 2024, 08:07 | Updated: 16 October 2024, 09:25

Five people, including two children, have been killed in a crash on the M6.

The two-car collision involved a Toyota and a Skoda and happened on the motorway northbound, past Tebay services in Cumbria, at around 4.04pm on Tuesday.

Four people - a man, a woman and two children from Glasgow - who were travelling in the Toyota were pronounced dead at the scene.

The Skoda driver, a man from Cambridgeshire, also died in the crash.

Cumbria Constabulary said a third child in the Toyota was taken to the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle with serious injuries.

A force spokesperson said: "The families of those involved are being supported by specially trained officers."

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