Inquest opens into death of wrong-way horror crash driver after Scots killed on M6

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The inquest has started into the death of a man who claimed the lives of four people in a head-on crash when he drove the wrong way down a motorway.

Richard Woods' car ploughed into the vehicle carrying Jaroslaw Rossa, his sons, Filip and Dominic, and passenger Jade McEnroe, Jaroslaw's partner, earlier this month.

Today, an inquest into the October 15, 2024 incident was formerly opened, and Cockermouth Coroners' Court heard he died from multiple injuries.

The BBC reports police were called to the northbound carriageway of the M6 in Cumbria, past Tebay services after the car carrying the Glasgow family was hit by Woods as he drove southbound.

Margaret Taylor, assistant coroner for Cumbria, told the inquest Mr Woods had died from multiple injuries. He had been driving his Skoda on the M6 motorway between junctions 38 and 39.

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She said: "He was driving the wrong way down the motorway when he collided with a Toyota motor vehicle containing other occupants who died at the scene alongside Mr Woods".

Mr Woods, of Cambridgeshire, had died four days before his 41st birthday, the hearing heard. Formal identification evidence had been provided by a fingerprint officer.

Ms Taylor said: "He leaves behind a family." She added Mr Woods was a flight instructor who had been born in Northumberland. The inquest was adjourned until investigations had been completed.

Toyota driver Jaroslaw Rossa, 42, and his sons, 15-year-old Filip, aged 15, and Dominic, seven, lived in the Thornliebank area of Glasgow.

Her seven-year-old son, Arran, survived the crash but was badly hurt and taken to hospital in Newcastle-upon-Tyne for treatment. Cumbria Police said no further information about his condition would be released.

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