A man who died on the M57 in a crash between a car and a lorry has been named locally by devastated friends.
People took to Facebook to pay tribute to the man, named locally as Liam, who was involved in the crash on Friday, February 3.
Emergency services were contacted at 9.10pm following reports a Seat car had been in collision with an HGV close to junction 6 on the southbound carriageway. Following the collision, the driver and one of the passengers in the car, named locally as Adam and Liam and from the Kirkby area, were pronounced dead at the scene.