A MUM who was killed in a horror crash on the M6 involving a car which reportedly drove the “wrong way” has been named locally as Jade McEnroe.
The 33-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene along with a 42-year-old man and two boys, aged 15 and seven, who were all travelling together in a Toyota.
Jade McEnroe was named locally as one of the victims of the M6 horror crash[/caption]
Five people died in the collision on the M6 near Tebay services in Cumbria on Tuesday[/caption]
A third boy aged seven, understood to be her son and who was also in the vehicle, was taken to the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle by air ambulance with serious injuries.
They were travelling back from Legoland at the time of the crash, according to local reports.
The driver of a Skoda, a 40-year-old man from Cambridgeshire, also died at the scene.
Maggie Snodgrass, 54, who knew McEnroe, a spa therapist from Glasgow, paid tribute to her.
She told The Times: ““I just cannot believe it. It is so heartbreaking.
“She was very nice, very pleasant and a quiet lassy. Jade always had a smile on her face.”
Snodgrass described McEnroe as a “good mum” and a “lovely and down-to-earth girl”.
She said that when McEnroe walked past her flat “she always used to pop in and say hello”.
“It is devastating”, she said.
Referring to McEnroe’s mother’s grief, Snodgrass said: “I know how it feels.”
Cumbria Police said on Wednesday that officers were called to the scene of a fatal crash between a Skoda and Toyota on the major motorway, and confirmed that five people died.
The horror crash took place on the M6 Northbound, just past Tebay Services in Cumbria, with police called to the scene at 4.04pm Tuesday afternoon.
Four fire engines from nearby Penrith, Kendal and Shap were mobilised following the incident, and fire crews remained at the scene for several hours.
The motorway reopened a few hours after the 4pm incident.
