2 dead in seven vehicle M5 crash
A man and a woman have died and four people were injured in a seven-vehicle collision on the M5 in Somerset.
Emergency services were called to the scene near junction 24 at Huntworth just after 8.30am on Thursday.
The collision on the southbound carriageway involved a lorry and six cars.
The female driver of one car and the male passenger of another car were pronounced dead at the scene, a police spokesman said.
A woman from each of those vehicles was taken to Southmead Hospital in Bristol with serious injuries.
Two other victims of the crash, who are not believed to have life-threatening injuries, were taken to Musgrove Park Hospital.
Another person was treated at the scene and later released.
Pictures from the crash site showed emergency workers next to a bad...
