Richard Woods was driving a Skoda on the motorway near Tebay services in Cumbria on October 15 when the car collided with a Toyota. He was one of five people killed in the crash
A man who was driving his car the wrong way on a motorway, causing a crash in which he was one of five people killed, has been named by the police.
Richard Woods, 40, was driving a Skoda on the motorway near Tebay services in Cumbria on October 15 when the car collided with a Toyota. He was sadly pronounced dead on the scene. Police believe Mr Woods, from Cambridgeshire, had been reported as driving the wrong way down the northbound carriageway in the Skoda. Cumbria Police said he has now been formally identified.
In a statement issued this morning, the force said: “Police can confirm the identity of the driver of the Skoda, involved in the road traffic collision on the M6 Northbound past Tebay on Tuesday 15 October. The driver has been formally identified as Richard Woods, aged 40, from Cambridgeshire.”
In the crash, dad Jaroslaw Rossa, 42, was killed alongside Jade McEnroe, 33, and two children Filip, 15, and Dominic, 7. They were all from Glasgow and believed to have been travelling back from Legoland in their car.
In tribute to her sons Filip and Dominic, both of east Glasgow, their mother Kamila said: “We are heartbroken at the passing of our beloved angels – Filip and Dominic. Filip was very intelligent, sensitive and full of love. We will never forget his smile, open arms, and the words ‘tuli, tuli’ (hugs, hugs).
“He was fascinated by computer games but also incredibly good at chess. He loved chemistry and dreamed of studying at the University of Glasgow. Dominic was always smiling, very resolute and sociable. He was extremely caring, always thinking of others first, and the first to help if someone was in trouble.
“Always surrounded by a group of friends of all ages. He loved dinosaurs and Pokemon, but most of all he loved penguins and dreamed of adopting one. Our lives will never be the same again.” The only survivor of the crash, Jade’s seven-year-old son Arran, suffered injuries and was airlifted to the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle where he remains.
The parents of Ms McEnroe, of Kilmuir Road, Glasgow, also paid tribute. They said: “Our beloved daughter Jade, you are so loved, and we will miss you every day. You are a very much-loved mummy to Arran.” Arran’s father said: “I would like to thank everyone for their kind messages, to the emergency services and the members of the public that assisted at the scene.”
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