A driver has died after an Audi crashed into the central reservation on the M56 and burst into flames. Firefighters rushed to the scene near Manchester Airport, but found the Silver Audi A8 was 'well alight'.
23.05.2022 - 04:23 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
One motorist was injured and the occupants of two other vehicles were covered in glass after bricks and rocks thrown from the North West's motorway bridges smashed through windscreens. North West Motorway Police said the incidents were among ten reports they received over the weekend of children and teenagers causing disturbances across the region's motorway network, with youngsters also allegedly climbing up motorway signs.
On Sunday evening, North West Motorway Police posted a disturbing photograph of one of the large rocks that caused damage to unsuspecting car occupants. The picture was accompanied by the following words: "Yet another incident relating to youths throwing bricks off bridges - another two vehicles damaged and occupants of vehicles covered in glass.
"This is the rock that was found by our Highways colleagues. We will deal accordingly if youths are found."
In an earlier tweet, on the same day and same account, a North West Motorway Police spokesperson had said: "Over this weekend alone we have had 10 incidents involving children and teenagers on the network, climbing the signs and actually throwing bricks from bridges injuring a driver as it went through a windscreen. This is not acceptable. Parents do you know where your children are!"
Only last month, Greater Manchester Police superintendent Julie Ellison also issued a warning to the "reckless" offenders who were throwing bricks off the bridges of the region's motorway network. She said: "It goes without saying that behaviour such as this is reckless and puts multiple lives in unnecessary danger.
"Not only can it cause serious damage to vehicles but, even more worryingly, it can result in serious injury to those travelling in the vehicle and
A driver has died after an Audi crashed into the central reservation on the M56 and burst into flames. Firefighters rushed to the scene near Manchester Airport, but found the Silver Audi A8 was 'well alight'.
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