Three dead in wrong-way motorway horror: Pick-up truck driver is arrested on suspicion of drunk driving after turning the wrong way down a slip road and fatally ‘smashing into’ Renault
- A man was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving
- Also on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs after crash
- Three occupants died when pickup truck ploughed in to them in Peterborough
All three occupants of a car died in a ‘horrific’ crash when a vehicle driving the wrong way down a slip road smashed head on in to them.
One man was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs after the Peterborough collision.
Police were called to the slip road to Stanground off Fletton Parkway at midnight yesterday.
One man was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs after the Peterborough collision
Police were called to the slip road to Stanground off Fletton Parkway at midnight yesterday
Pictured, a silver car was completely destroyed by the impact of the crash with a pick up truck
The driver arrested is now in critical condition in hospital.
One witness who called 999 said the crash scene was ‘horrific’. They told the Mirror: ‘I told the police I thought there would definitely be fatalities.’
Pictures from the scene showed a severely crushed small silver car and a dark pickup-truck with a smashed bonnet and windscreen.
The chairwoman of the Cambridgeshire Police Federation, Liz Groom, said it was ‘such sad news’.
‘Thoughts with the families of those who have died,’ she tweeted.
‘Also with the officers & other emergency service colleagues who attended the incident and delivered the terrible messages to loved ones. One of the hardest & most difficult parts of our job that you never forget.’
The driver arrested is now in critical condition in hospital. The Westbound stretch of the road was closed but has since reopened
The Westbound stretch of the road was closed but has since reopened.
In a statement Cambridge Constabulary said: ‘One vehicle had driven down the slip road the wrong way and collided head-on with another vehicle, killing all three of its occupants.
‘Police were called to a collision involving two vehicles at the slip road to Stanground on the westbound carriageway.
‘The driver of the offending vehicle has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and driving while under the influence of drink and/or drugs.
‘He is in a critical condition in hospital. The road has been closed westbound this morning however it has now reopened.’
Debri was spread along the road after the collision at midnight. The impact left both vehicles seriously damaged
The scene is cleared this morning. The Westbound carriageway was closed but is now open