The two-car collision involved a Toyota and a Skoda and happened on the northbound motorway, past Tebay services in Cumbria, at 4.04pm on Tuesday, police said, according to SKY NEWS.
Four people – a man, a woman and two children from Glasgow – who were travelling in the Toyota were pronounced dead at the scene.
The Skoda driver, a man from Cambridgeshire, also died in the crash.
Cumbria Constabulary said a third child in the Toyota was taken to the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle with serious injuries.The Skoda driver, a man from Cambridgeshire, also died in the crash.
Cumbria Constabulary said a third child in the Toyota was taken to the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle with serious injuries.
