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The Guardian - UK
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M5 accident – in pictures

M5 crash day 2: Aerial view of the scene taken from TV footage
Aerial view of the M5 crash scene taken from TV footage Photograph: Reuters
M5 crash: M5 motorway crash close-up
A general view of the scene on the M5 motorway close to Taunton in Somerset Photograph: Chris Ison/PA
M5 crash day 2: Dozens of emergency workers at the rear of the crash site
Dozens of emergency workers at the crash site Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty
M5 crash day 2: Crash investigators at work near a burnt-out lorry
Crash investigators at work near a burnt-out lorry Photograph: Chris Ison/PA
M5 crash day 2: A helicopter at the crash scene
A police helicopter leaves the crash scene Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty
M5 crash: Wreckage
Mangled vehicles at the crash scene Photograph: SWNS.com
M5 crash: M5 crash
The scene of smoke and lights soon after the crash happened Photograph: Avon and Somerset Police/Twitter/PA
M5 crash: Multiple vehicle pile-up
Vehicles silhouetted in the hours after the crash Photograph: SWNS.com
M5 crash: M5 motorway scene
Emergency services on the opposite side of the motorway Photograph: Chris Ison/PA
M5 crash: Surveying the wreckage
Emergency workers near wrecked vehicles in the haze Photograph: SWNS.com
M5 crash: Aftermath
The morning after: emergency workers near the wreckage Photograph: SWNS.com
M5 crash day 2: A welder works on a central barrier on the M5 near the crash
A welder works on a central barrier on the M5 near the crash Photograph: Carl Court/AFP/Getty
M5 crash: M5 motorway crash
The crash scene viewed from an overpass Photograph: Chris Ison/PA
M5 crash day 2: Damaged cars are taken away
Damaged cars are taken away Photograph: PA
M5 accident: Multiple Fatalities Feared In M5 27-Vehicle Pile-Up
Traffic on the reopened southbound carriageway passes the scene of the collision Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images
M5 accident: A police collision investigator officer walks through debris
A police collision investigator officer walks through debris Photograph: David Hedges/PA
M5 accident: Police officers walk on the pitch at Taunton Rugby Club's ground
Police officers walk on the pitch at Taunton Rugby Club's ground Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images
M5 accident: Police search through debris
Police search through debris Photograph: David Hedges/PA
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