Investigations remain ongoing into fatal collision on the M6 Northbound past Tebay Services.
Officers were called to the incident at 4:04pm yesterday (Oct 15) following a report of a Skoda travelling Southbound on the Northbound carriageway.
Officers were on route when further calls were received it had been involved in a head on collision with a Toyota.
The driver of the Skoda, a 40-year-old man from Cambridgeshire was pronounced deceased at the scene.
The driver of the Toyota a 42-year-old man, a 33-year-old woman and two boys aged 15 and 7 all from Glasgow were also pronounced deceased at the scene.
A fifth person in the Toyota, a boy, aged 7 also from Glasgow was taken to the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle where he remains in a serious condition.
Formal identification of those involved has not yet taken place.
The families of those involved are being supported by specially trained officers.
Officers would like to thank members of the public that assisted at the scene and those affected by the collision for their patience.
We would also like to thank those that have already been in touch who witnessed or have dashcam of the incident, we continue the appeal to anyone with information or with dashcam to contacts us.
Anyone with information relating to this incident can report online at www.cumbria.police.uk/report-it , quoting incident number 146 of 15 October 2024.
You can also phone on 101.
Alternatively, you can contact Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.