Police fear the M5 disaster that claimed the lives of at least seven people may have been caused by heavy smoke drifting on to the motorway from a nearby fireworks display.
More than 30 cars and six articulated lorries cannoned into each other after ‘a black fog as thick as emulsion suddenly descended’ on Friday night.
An intense fireball engulfed many of the vehicles in one of the worst road crashes in living memory. It left 51 people, many of them children, injured and a trail of twisting, charred wreckage stretching for hundreds of yards.
Carnage: The mangled wreckage of some of the vehicles involved in the worst crash on Britain's roads in 20 yearsUnravelling a tragedy: A small army of firefighters police officers, forensics experts and officers from the Highways Agency continue the task of searching and clearing the wreckage
Focus of investigation: Police believe that a fireworks display at Taunton Rugby Club may have played a part in the cause of the tragedy
Aftermath: Fire crews surrounded by burnt-out vehicles survey the damage on the M5
Inspection: Police and emergency workers at the scene early yesterday on the M5 which has been shut in both directions as officers examine the carnage
Throughout yesterday police were still working to clear the scene near Taunton, Somerset, following the 34-vehicle crash. Officers fear they will still find further bodies
Burned out: A charred lorry destroyed by the 'massive fireball' which erupted during the carnage on the motorway
All that's left: Three emergency workers at the scene of some of the vehicles burned into twisted metal
Aftermath: A gutted rests beside a crash barrier while police officers search a river bank for debris as a huge investigation gets underway
Inferno: Blazing vehicles involved in the 27-vehicle pile-up are captured in dramatic footage shown on Sky TV
Pile-up: Crashed lorries and cars jammed together on the M5 after the accident in which many people died
Wreckage: Firemen inspect the damage after the horror accident in which more than 50 people were injured
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news
http://mix4m.blogspot.com/2011/11/black-fog-mangled-wreckage-of-some-of.html
Comments
Post a Comment