A three-year-old girl and a pensioner were both killed in a horror motorway crash involving a Porsche. A car reportedly flipped and burst into flames on the M6 in Lancashire yesterday evening.
Emergency services were called to the busy stretch of motorway between Preston and Leyland just before 6pm on November 19, LancsLive reports. Tragically, a little girl and a 79-year-old man both died in the crash.
Lancashire Constabulary said the crash involved a Porsche Boxster, which was being driven by the 79-year-old man, and a Vauxhall Meriva, in which the young girl was a passenger. Two adults who were in the Meriva were rushed to hospital with serious injuries after the vehicle flipped over and set alight.
The loved ones of those who died in the crash are being supported by specially-trained police officers.
Police said it was a "traumatic" scene for fellow motorway travellers and the emergency services to have to witness, but urged anyone who had information about what happened to come forward and help their investigation into the fatal crash.
The crash saw the full closure of the motorway in both directions for several hours, with some still remaining this morning as emergency services pieced together what happened. Two lanes of the southbound carriageway remained blocked today (November 20) for emergency surface repairs.
Sgt 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 is urged to contact 101 – quoting log 1102 of November 19, 2022.
