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Child dies in motorway collision Girl dead, seven hurt, in crash
(38 minutes later)
A three-year-old girl was killed and a five-year-old boy critically injured when the car they were travelling in careered off the M5 near Taunton. A three-year-old girl was killed and another girl, aged five, was critically injured when the car they were in careered off the M5 in Somerset.
The Renault Scenic was carrying six other people, who were all injured and taken to Musgrove Park Hospital. The Renault Scenic was carrying six other people, who were injured and are now in Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton.
It is thought the vehicle may have hit the central reservation between junctions 24 and 25 on Thursday. It is thought the vehicle hit the central reservation between junctions 24 and 25, in Thursday's crash.
According to postings of condolence on a local website, they were travelling to a children's party in Dorset. The dead and injured were friends and relatives travelling from Coventry to Dorset for a children's party.
The girl was pronounced dead at the scene. The five-year-old boy is being treated in Frenchay Hospital in south Gloucestershire. The three-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene. The five-year-old girl is being treated in Frenchay Hospital in south Gloucestershire.
The other people in the car - five adults and a nine-year-old boy - are being treated at Musgrove Park Hospital, in Taunton, for serious injuries which are not thought to be life threatening. The other people in the car are being treated for serious injuries which are not thought to be life threatening.
Police have confirmed that the group in the car were friends and relatives but are still trying to confirm the exact links between them. A spokeswoman for Avon and Somerset Police said: "They were friends and relatives from Coventry and Weymouth, returning from the Midlands to Dorset."
The driver of the car was said to be a 50-year-old man and the other passengers included two women, both aged 28, a 19-year-old man, a 17-year-old woman and a nine-year-old boy.
No other vehicles were involved in the crash, at about 1840 GMT, and police are asking for anyone who was travelling between the junctions, in either direction, to contact them.No other vehicles were involved in the crash, at about 1840 GMT, and police are asking for anyone who was travelling between the junctions, in either direction, to contact them.