Mum killed alongside two boys, 15 & 7, and man in M6 ‘wrong-way’ crash as ‘family drove back from Legoland’
A MUM who was killed in a horror crash on the M6 involving a car which reportedly drove the "wrong way" has been named locally as Jade McEnroe.
The 33-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene along with a 42-year-old man and two boys, aged 15 and seven, who were all travelling together in a Toyota.
A third boy aged seven, understood to be Jade's and who was also in the vehicle, was taken to the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle by air ambulance with serious injuries.
They were travelling back from Legoland at the time of the crash, according to local reports.
A 40-year-old man from Cambridgeshire, who was driving a Skoda said to be travelling south on the northbound carriageway also died at the scene.
Terrified fellow motorists had called 999 to report the Skoda on the M6, moments before flames erupted from the two vehicles as they crashed into each other.
Formal identification of those killed has not yet taken place, but their families are being supported by specialist police officers.
Maggie Snodgrass, 54, who knew spa therapist Jade, paid tribute to her.
She told The Times: "“I just cannot believe it. It is so heartbreaking.
"She was very nice, very pleasant and a quiet lassy. Jade always had a smile on her face.”
Snodgrass described Jade as a “good mum” and a “lovely and down-to-earth girl”.
She said that when the mum walked past her flat “she always used to pop in and say hello”.
“It is devastating”, she said.
Referring to McEnroe’s mother’s grief, Snodgrass said: “I know how it feels.”
Cumbria Police said investigations were continuing into Tuesday's collision, which happened as drivers reported that digital displays on the motorway were warning of an "oncoming vehicle".
One motorist claimed he saw the Skoda travelling the "wrong way down lane three" and then, shortly after, he witnessed "smoke and flames".
Another witness said on social media they saw the Skoda "swerving from [the] hard shoulder out to lane three" and then "slamming on" the breaks.
The force said on Wednesday that officers were called to the scene of a fatal crash between a Skoda and Toyota on the major motorway, and confirmed that five people died.
The horror crash took place on the M6 Northbound, just past Tebay Services in Cumbria, with police called to the scene at 4.04pm Tuesday afternoon.
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Four fire engines from nearby Penrith, Kendal and Shap were mobilised following the incident, and fire crews remained at the scene for several hours.
The motorway reopened a few hours after the 4pm incident.