Woman dies following M6 crash involving lorry and three cars

An elderly woman has died after being involved in a horrific crash involving a lorry and three cars on the M6. Emergency services were called to the motorway following reports of a road traffic collision on Monday 5 August 2024.

The crash took place on the M6 northbound at Glagate near junction 33. The collision, between a blue Ford Fiesta, a Mercedes Sprinter and a Scania R500 lorry happened at 4:13am.

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The woman, 82, who was the driver of the Ford Fiesta was taken to hospital, where it was found that her injuries were serious. She sadly later died in hospital on October 8.

No one else was injured in the collision.

Sgt. Mikaela Bottomley, of our Roads Policing Unit, said: “A lady has very sadly lost her life following this collision. First and foremost, my thoughts are with her loved ones at this upsetting time.

“We know that this happened a while ago, but we are now asking for your help. A number of people will have seen the vehicles involved, particularly the blue Fiesta, prior to the collision and if you have any information or footage that may assist our enquiries, please get in contact."

Lancashire Police has made an appeal for anyone with information to contact them on 101 or email SCIU@lancashire.police.uk quoting log 0148 of 5^th August.