A three-year-old girl and a 79-year-old man have died in a crash on the M6.
The crash which involved two cars, a Porsche Boxster and Vauxhall Meriva, happened at around 5.49pm on Saturday, November 19. Emergency services rushed to the scene, to find one car had flipped and burst into flames in the crash.
Police closed the motorway in both directions for several hours, between junctions 29 and 28, while they dealt with the crash. They later confirmed that two people, a child and man suffered fatal injuries.
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It is believed that a Porsche Boxster car driven by the 79-year-old man collided with a Vauxhall Meriva car in which the young girl was travelling. Two adults in the Vauxhall Meriva also suffered serious injuries and were taken to the Royal Preston Hospital for treatment.
Sergeant Craig Booth, Serious Collision Investigator with Lancashire Police’s Tactical Operations Unit, said: "These are very sad and tragic circumstances. This was a traumatic scene for all witnesses and emergency services involved, I would like to pass on my thanks for their dedication in dealing with an incident which can only be described as horrific.
"We want to hear from any witnesses to the collision or those who have dashcam footage from the area around the time it happened. Anyone with information or who has footage, please contact 101 – quoting log 1102 of November 19, 2022."
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