Five people, including two children, have died following a crash on the M6 motorway, Cumbria Police said.
Police were called to the northbound stretch of the motorway past Tebay Services at 4.04pm on Tuesday.
The driver of a Skoda, a man from Cambridgeshire, was pronounced dead at the scene, the force said.
A man, the driver of a Toyota, a woman and two children, from Glasgow, also died at the scene.
A third child was taken to hospital with serious injuries.
Cumbria Police said in a statement: “The families of those involved are being supported by specially trained officers.”
The road reopened early on Wednesday, October 16.
Anyone with information relating to this incident can report online here, quoting incident number 146 of October 15, or call on 101.
Alternatively, reports can be made via contact Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.
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