Two dead after truck ploughs into oncoming traffic near Doncaster

A second person has been pronounced dead after a truck went onto oncoming traffic on the motorway near Doncaster.
M62. Picture: GoogleM62. Picture: Google
M62. Picture: Google

Humberside Police said an HGV went through the central reservation into oncoming traffic on the M62 at Goole on April 3 at 9.30am.

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The 22-year-old truck driver sustained serious injuries but has since been discharged from hospital.