HGV driver in 50s dies following M6 collision involving ten vehicles

Lancashire Police have launched an appeal after a man died in a horror smash on the M6^[1]. Emergency services were called at around 11.20am yesterday (Wednesday, November 6) to reports of a serious collision on the motorway close to junction 33.

The crash involved ^[2]a HGV travelling northbound which crossed onto the southbound carriageway and collided with a number of other vehicles. The driver of the HGV, a man in his 50s was pronounced dead at the scene.

Two other people, the driver of a Ford Transit, a man in his 40s, and the driver of a Suzuki Swift, a woman in her 40s, suffered serious injuries. Three other people suffered more minor injuries.