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A14 crash: One dead and five injured at Cambridge | A14 crash: One dead and five injured at Cambridge |
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Police have issued verbal warnings to drivers who took pictures of the scene of a fatal crash near Cambridge. | |
One person died and five others were injured in the crash on the westbound A14 between junctions 36 and 35, shortly after 07:00 GMT. | |
Police said they warned a number of motorists who photographed the scene as they drove past. | |
The crash caused long delays, with westbound traffic being diverted along the A11. | |
One eastbound lane has also been shut, police said. | |
A female car passenger died at the scene and the male driver was taken to hospital with non life-threatening injuries. | |
The drivers of the three lorries involved in the crash were checked by paramedics at the scene, Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service said. | The drivers of the three lorries involved in the crash were checked by paramedics at the scene, Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service said. |
Police said they did not believe the crash was weather-related. | |
BBC Look East's Kevin Burch said it appeared the car drove into the back of a broken-down lorry on the edge of the slip road of the dual carriageway. | |
He said officers were angered at drivers on the opposite carriageway slowing down to film the scene on mobile phones. | |
A Cambridgeshire Police spokeswoman said: "Officers gave drivers verbal warnings this morning during the fatal collision as some motorists were taking pictures of the scene while driving on the opposite side of the road. | |
"This was not only illegal and inappropriate, but extremely dangerous to other road users." | |
Sgt Gordon Murray from Cambridgeshire Police said: "I would appeal to anyone who saw the collision or any of the vehicles prior to it. | Sgt Gordon Murray from Cambridgeshire Police said: "I would appeal to anyone who saw the collision or any of the vehicles prior to it. |
"We're particularly keen on hearing from anyone who saw any vehicle stopped or broken down on the slip road to the junction with the A1303." | "We're particularly keen on hearing from anyone who saw any vehicle stopped or broken down on the slip road to the junction with the A1303." |