Lorry driver dies in M6 crash as two others seriously injured

A lorry driver has died following a crash on the M6. Emergency services were called to the motorway at around 11.20am on Wednesday, November 6 to reports of a serious crash close to junction 33^[1].

The crash involved a HGV travelling northbound which crossed onto the southbound carriageway and crashed with a number of other vehicles. The driver of the lorry, 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 minor injuries.