Hampshire lorry driver arrested after boy, eight, dies in motorway crash

A HAMPSHIRE lorry driver has been arrested after an eight-year-old boy died in a motorway crash.
A stretch of the M6, between J5 and J6, which was closed 
after the accident. Picture: Google Street ViewA stretch of the M6, between J5 and J6, which was closed 
after the accident. Picture: Google Street View
A stretch of the M6, between J5 and J6, which was closed after the accident. Picture: Google Street View

The youngster, from Leicester, was pronounced dead at the scene on the M6 in Birmingham after a lorry collided with a Toyota Yaris, which is believed to have stopped on the hard shoulder.

A man and a woman who were in the car were taken to hospital with serious injuries after the accident at around 7.30pm on Thursday.

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The motorway was closed between junctions 6 and 5 southbound for several hours following the accident.

Police said a 62-year-old lorry driver from Romsey was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.

A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: ‘Crews arrived to find three patients, all of whom had been travelling in the car.

‘The boy was found to be in cardiac arrest and ambulance staff immediately began CPR.

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‘Unfortunately, it quickly became apparent nothing could be done to save him and he was confirmed dead at the scene.

‘A man, believed to be in his 60s, was treated for a suspected fractured shoulder and a woman, believed to be in her 20s, was treated for a leg injury.

‘They were both taken to Heartlands Hospital in the same ambulance.

‘The lorry driver, a man, was uninjured in the incident.’