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10/07/2003
Seven holidaymakers die in motorway smash
Seven people have died and two left seriously injured after a road smash on a stretch of motorway near Manchester this morning.
A minibus carrying 14 holidaymakers was involved in an accident involving three cars on the M56 motorway at around 5.45am.
All the deaths - four men and three women – were passengers on the minibus, which had been travelling to Manchester airport at the time.
A woman and a teenager girl are being treated for serious injuries, and six other people were suffering minor injuries – three of whom have since been released from hospital.
(GMcG)
A minibus carrying 14 holidaymakers was involved in an accident involving three cars on the M56 motorway at around 5.45am.
All the deaths - four men and three women – were passengers on the minibus, which had been travelling to Manchester airport at the time.
A woman and a teenager girl are being treated for serious injuries, and six other people were suffering minor injuries – three of whom have since been released from hospital.
(GMcG)
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