Cumbria Police has reported one of the cars involved in the M6 crash that killed five people, including two children, was driving the wrong direction. 

On Tuesday, October 15, police responded to reports of a Skoda travelling Southbound on the Northbound carriageway, just past Tebay Services in Cumbria. 

Officers were on route when they received the news the Skoda had been involved in a crash, head on, with a Toyota. 

The driver of the Skoda, a 40-year-old man from Cambridgeshire was pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver of the Toyota a 42-year-old man, a 33-year-old woman and two boys aged 15 and seven all from Glasgow were also pronounced dead at the scene.

A fifth person in the Toyota, a boy, aged seven also from Glasgow was taken to the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle where he remains in a serious condition.

Formal identification of those involved has not yet taken place.

In a statement Cumbria Police said: “The families of those involved are being supported by specially trained officers.

“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. 

“You can also phone on 101.

“Alternatively, you can contact Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.”