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23/01/2009
Child Dies In Motorway Crash
A child has died and seven people have been injured after a people carrier came off the motorway and landed in a ditch near Taunton.
The child was killed after the Renault Scenic came off the M5 southbound in Somerset on Thursday.
The incident occurred between junction 24 and 25 and was reported to police at around 6.40pm. No other vehicles were involved.
It is thought the vehicle may have hit the central reservation on the road.
A spokesman for Avon and Somerset Police said: "The vehicle - a people carrier - ended up in a roadside ditch. A child, believed to be under the age of five years, has died."
It is understood the child was under the age of five.
Police also said the seven survivors were described as being in a "critical condition" in Musgrove Park Hospital.
Two occupants had to be freed with hydraulic cutting equipment after the Scenic came off the road between the Huntworth and Blackbrook junctions.
Anyone travelling between between those junctions in either direction at the time of the incident is asked to contact the road policing unit on 0845 4567000.
(JM/BMcC)
The child was killed after the Renault Scenic came off the M5 southbound in Somerset on Thursday.
The incident occurred between junction 24 and 25 and was reported to police at around 6.40pm. No other vehicles were involved.
It is thought the vehicle may have hit the central reservation on the road.
A spokesman for Avon and Somerset Police said: "The vehicle - a people carrier - ended up in a roadside ditch. A child, believed to be under the age of five years, has died."
It is understood the child was under the age of five.
Police also said the seven survivors were described as being in a "critical condition" in Musgrove Park Hospital.
Two occupants had to be freed with hydraulic cutting equipment after the Scenic came off the road between the Huntworth and Blackbrook junctions.
Anyone travelling between between those junctions in either direction at the time of the incident is asked to contact the road policing unit on 0845 4567000.
(JM/BMcC)
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