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Driver killed going wrong way down M62 before hitting Amazon truck

<p>The Jaguar had to be brought to a stop by police on the M62 </p>

Electric Jaguar rammed off road by police after brakes fail at 90mph

<p>Callum Rycroft died after being hit by a car on the M62 near Huddersfield </p>

Driver who hit boy on the M62 ‘couldn’t stop on the motorway’

<p>Callum Rycroft, 12, from Leeds, who was killed while walking on the M62</p>

Father jailed after son was killed crossing the M62

Football fans driving from Manchester to the FA Cup final are being urged to use certain routes and motorway service stations based on who they support (Andy Guest/Alamy Stock Photo/PA)

Team-specific routes and motorway service stations for FA Cup final fans

Drivers are being warned to avoid falling asleep at the wheel as millions prepare for bank holiday getaways (Jacob King/PA)

Drivers warned over fatigue risk ahead of bank holiday getaway

Automatic promotion and relegation will be axed from Super League in 2024 (Mike Egerton/PA)

Automatic promotion and relegation in Betfred Super League to be scrapped

Protesters detained by police during the Grand National Festival (Tim Goode/PA)

More than 60 in custody after Grand National protests

Activists being removed by police at Aintree Racecourse (Tim Goode/PA)

More than 100 arrested after protesters storm Grand National

Protesters detained by police during the Grand National Festival (Tim Goode/PA)

More than 40 de-arrested after Grand National protests – animal rights group

Protestors are removed by police at the Randox Grand National (Tim Goode/PA).

Actions of Grand National protestors branded ‘reckless’ by Aintree officials

Police officers respond to Animal Rising activists attempting to invade the race course ahead of the Randox Grand National (Peter Byrne/PA)

Multiple arrests made as protestors delay start of Grand National

(Jim Davies/PA)

Travel warnings after heavy snow brings treacherous conditions to UK

A motorway services in West Yorkshire has been ranked the worst in Britain (Bill Wymar/Alamy/PA)

Britain’s worst motorway services revealed

A silver Audi with bullet holes in its windscreen and several sets of keys on its bonnet at the scene near junction J24 of the M62 in Huddersfield where a man died in a police shooting (Peter Byrne/PA)

Police officer’s account of motorway shooting under scrutiny at inquest

A silver Audi is almost totally hidden by screens at the scene near junction J24 of the M62 in Huddersfield where a man died in a police shooting during a ‘pre-planned’ operation (Peter Byrne/PA)

Man pointed gun at police officer before shooting, inquest told

<p>Yassar Yaqub, 28, was shot dead by an armed officer on a motorway slip road near Huddersfield in January 2017 </p>

Family of man shot dead by police on motorway break down at inquest

An inquest at Leeds Crown Court heard four police cars had been “tracking” Yassar Yaqub (Anna Gowthorpe/PA)

Inquest hears of final moments of man fatally shot by police on M62 slip road

The two Honda vehicles, driven by Israr Muhammed and Adam Molloy, are seen racing along the M62 moments before the crash

Video shows 100mph race moments before dad kills son in crash

M62 is closed in both directions

Six mile tailbacks as M62 is closed in both directions

Two men were killed after the westbound crash at junction 26 of the M62

Two killed and M62 closed after car seen driving wrong way up motorway

The trial will begin on a junction between the M62

Traffic lights are being installed on motorways to stop congestion

The death rate per one million people is 64 times higher in the US than the UK

These charts show difference between police shootings in US and UK

CCTV footage shows moment driver attacks lorry driver

The motorway was built around Stott Hill Farm because of a geological fault underneath

This is why there is a farmhouse in the middle of the M62