November 6, 2011

M5 accident – in pictures

A large number of cars and articulated lorries were involved in the devastating crash near Taunton in Somerset, described by emergency workers as 'the worst road traffic collision anyone can remember'

M5 crash day 2: Aerial view of the scene taken from TV footage — Aerial view of the M5 crash scene taken from TV footage Photograph: Reuters

M5 crash: M5 motorway crash close-up — A general view of the scene on the M5 motorway close to Taunton in Somerset Photograph: Chris Ison/PA

M5 crash day 2: Dozens of emergency workers at the rear of the crash site — Dozens of emergency workers at the crash site Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty

M5 crash day 2: Crash investigators at work near a burnt-out lorry — Crash investigators at work near a burnt-out lorry Photograph: Chris Ison/PA

M5 crash day 2: A helicopter at the crash scene — A police helicopter leaves the crash scene Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty

M5 crash: Wreckage — Mangled vehicles at the crash scene Photograph: SWNS.com

M5 crash: M5 crash — The scene of smoke and lights soon after the crash happened Photograph: Avon and Somerset Police/Twitter/PA

M5 crash: Multiple vehicle pile-up — Vehicles silhouetted in the hours after the crash Photograph: SWNS.com

M5 crash: M5 motorway scene — Emergency services on the opposite side of the motorway Photograph: Chris Ison/PA

M5 crash: Surveying the wreckage — Emergency workers near wrecked vehicles in the haze Photograph: SWNS.com

M5 crash: Aftermath — The morning after: emergency workers near the wreckage Photograph: SWNS.com

M5 crash day 2: A welder works on a central barrier on the M5 near the crash — A welder works on a central barrier on the M5 near the crash Photograph: Carl Court/AFP/Getty

M5 crash: M5 motorway crash — The crash scene viewed from an overpass Photograph: Chris Ison/PA

M5 crash day 2: Damaged cars are taken away — Damaged cars are taken away Photograph: PA

M5 accident: Multiple Fatalities Feared In M5 27-Vehicle Pile-Up — Traffic on the reopened southbound carriageway passes the scene of the collision Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images

M5 accident: A police collision investigator officer walks through debris — A police collision investigator officer walks through debris Photograph: David Hedges/PA

M5 accident: Police officers walk on the pitch at Taunton Rugby Club's ground — Police officers walk on the pitch at Taunton Rugby Club's ground Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images

M5 accident: Police search through debris — Police search through debris Photograph: David Hedges/PA

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