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A man and a woman in their 80s have been killed in a crash on the M6 motorway in Cheshire. | |
The pair, from Hawarden, Flintshire, were pronounced dead at the scene between junctions 20 and 21 at about 2112 BST on Tuesday. | |
Cheshire Police said a 61-year-old woman from the Knutsford area was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. | |
The motorway was closed for six hours before reopening at 0300 BST Wednesday. | |
The crash involved three vehicles, a Mitsubishi Space driven by the 61-year-old woman, a silver Peugeot Partner van in which the two people died and a black BMW 525 driven by a 51-year-old man from Lanarkshire. | |
The driver of the Mitsubishi was not seriously injured and is in police custody. | |
The BMW driver was taken to Warrington District General Hospital with chest pains. | |
Anyone with information is asked to call Cheshire Police's motorway unit on 0845 458000. |