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Boy, 17, killed in horror accident on motorway.


A 17-YEAR-OLD boy was killed in a horrific accident on the M6 motorway
This article concerns the M6 motorway in England. There are also M6 motorways in Russia (see Caspian Highway), Hungary (see M6 motorway (Hungary)) and the Republic of Ireland (see N6 road).
 just before 5pm yesterday afternoon.

The teenage passenger was in a Rover Metro travelling northbound on the M6 when the car ploughed into the central reservation close to junction 1 near Rugby.

Police said he was thrown from the car onto the opposite carriageway carriageway
Noun

1. Brit the part of a road along which traffic passes in one direction: the westbound carriageway of the M4

2.
, where he was struck by a Vauxhall Corsa.

Two other passengers from the car were airlifted to Selly Oak Hospital with serious injuries and were described as stable.

The 19-year-old driver, from Birmingham, and a fourth passenger, suffered minor injuries and were treated at hospital in Leicester.

Sgt Mark Watkins, from the Central Motorway Police Group The Central Motorway Police Group (CMPG) is a co-operative operation between three police forces in the West Midlands of England. Officers from the three forces involved - Staffordshire Police, West Mercia Constabulary and West Midlands Police - provide a dedicated policing , said the driver of the Vauxhall Corsa, a 31-year-old man from Tamworth, was not injured.

Police sealed off the M6 in both directions for some hours.

Officers want to hear from anyone who saw the accident.
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Publication:Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
Date:Aug 19, 2002
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