A CAR was travelling the wrong way along a motorway before a crash that killed two boys, a woman and two men, police have said.
A Skoda and a Toyota were involved in the horror crash on the M6 northbound, near Tebay Services, at around 4.04pm yesterday.
Cumbria Police today confirmed officers had received multiple reports the Skoda was “travelling southbound along the northbound carriageway” prior to the head-on crash.
Two boys, aged seven and 15, a 42-year-old man and 33-year-old woman who were travelling in the Toyota were pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the Skoda, a 40-year-old man, also died of his injuries.
A spokesman for the force said: “Officers were on route when further calls were received 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 deceased at the scene.
“The driver of the Toyota a 42-year-old man, a 33-year-old woman and two boys aged 15 and 7 all from Glasgow were also pronounced deceased at the scene.”
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