Cars and lorry hit in M6 Tebay wrong-way smash
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A car was driven southbound on the M6 northbound at Tebay services, police said
A car transporter was among four vehicles involved in a crash when an elderly motorist went the wrong way down the M6 motorway.
A man in his 80s drove a silver Ford Focus southbound on the northbound carriageway at Tebay services at about 16:00 GMT, Cumbria Police said.
The car then collided with a BMW, an Audi and the Scania transporter.
The Ford driver was taken to hospital as a precaution. The other drivers suffered minor injuries.
The M6 southbound and two lanes of the northbound carriageway were closed as a result, external, police said.
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