Three men have been killed when a van crashed into a car after smashing through the central reservation of the M5.
Traffic on the M5Gloucestershire Police said woman and a child, thought to be aged about 11, were also severely injured in the horrific accident near Tewkesbury at about 7.30pm.
A force spokesman confirmed that two men travelling in the van, which was carrying beer kegs, and the driver of a Mitsubishi Colt were pronounced dead at the scene of the crash.
Nine other vehicles were damaged in the incident, which happened between junctions eight and nine.
The M5 will be closed by police until the early hours of Saturday at the earliest.
My thoughts are with the familys of the deceased
WOW 142 people read the thread and no one sends there condolences to the familys involved.
killer100:
WOW 142 people read the thread and no one sends there condolences to the familys involved.
I think they would if they knew that members of the families involved were connected to members on here.
as I am posting here - condolences to the familys involved
condolences to the innocent, unfortunately as with most collisions i think that this could have been avoided by a bit of common sense, maybe the van driver got what he deserved.
hgv mikey,thats a bit harsh dont you think? How do you know who’s fault it was? Condolences to everybody involved
mmmmm…husband and wife team in a vw van…went through the central reservation and colided with oncoming traffic…16 people injured some seriously…2 in van killed and driver of car killed…a bus was involved somewhere as well…many vehicles hit beer kegs that were loaded in the van.
couple in van were from coventry…car driver from the midlands as well.
what’s the betting a foreign truck was involved somewhere along the line?
sound like a classic sideswipe situation…but that’s just guessing.
condolences to all involved.
with regards to the beer kegs…i was behind a truck that hit the central pillar that supports the flyover just before corley services on the s/b side many years ago…the driver was killed outright…the beer kegs struck at least 10 oncoming cars and the carnage that resulted was serious…i was amazed that more people were not killed…hitting a beer keg(or more than one) at 70 mph in the fast lane is a serious accident.