Overview

• Emergency barrier repairs on the M6 southbound have finished and traffic has largely returned to normal.
• Lancashire Police say they identified at least five motorists who filmed the crash scene with mobile phones as they drove past.
• Investigators noted that a minibus driver carrying children and an HGV operator were among those recording the incident.
• Officers warn that using mobile phones at the wheel and slowing down to view collisions are illegal and endanger lives and emergency operations.
• The collision involved a BMW 4 Series colliding with a Honda CR-V before striking two more vehicles and injuring nine people, including a six-year-old girl and a one-year-old boy.