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Footballer held over death crash - UPDATEDA professional footballer has been arrested after two boys were killed in a crash on the M6 in Staffordshire.
The youngsters, aged eight and 10, died after a Toyota Previa people carrier careered down an embankment following a collision with a Range Rover.
Plymouth Argyle said it was "aware of an incident" involving a player.
The arrested man, believed to be Argyle goalkeeper Luke McCormick, is being held on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.
The 37-year-old Previa driver, the boys' father, suffered serious but non life-threatening injuries.
He was taken to the University Hospital of North Staffordshire in Stoke-on-Trent.
A man, aged 49, and two boys, aged eight and 15, who were also in the Toyota escaped with minor injuries.
It is thought the party of six were travelling from Manchester to Silverstone, in Northamptonshire, when the crash happened at shortly before 0545 BST near junction 16 of the motorway.
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Kellie
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nono.gif that is terrible
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Player charged after crash deaths
| Quote: | Plymouth Argyle goalkeeper Luke McCormick has been charged after two brothers died in a crash on the M6.
Arron and Ben Peak, aged 10 and eight, died when the vehicle they were travelling in crashed with his Range Rover in Staffordshire on Saturday.
Mr McCormick has been charged with two counts of causing death by dangerous driving, driving with excess alcohol and driving without insurance.
The boys' mother, Amanda Peak, said their family was "devastated".
Their 37-year-old father Philip is in hospital in a serious condition with fractures to his neck and back, broken ribs, bruising and swelling to his lungs.
He was driving the Toyota Previa people carrier when the crash happened between junctions 15 and 16 of the southbound motorway near Keele services at shortly before 0545 BST.
The brothers and their father had been travelling from their home in Partington, Manchester, to Silverstone racing circuit for a day out.
Too distressed to speak at a news conference on Sunday, a statement from Mrs Peak, 30, and her husband said that Arron "loved life, especially football, at which he excelled, and Ben was a happy, loving son and brother".
They said: "No parent should ever have to go through the nightmare that we have gone through.
"Nothing will ever compensate us for the loss we are feeling."
They appealed to be left alone to come to terms with the "life-changing event that has devastated our lives".
Three other people in the vehicle were all released from hospital on Saturday and returned home.
Police appealed on Sunday for anyone who saw the "manner of driving" of either vehicle before the collision or can help with the movements of anybody involved in the incident in the previous 24 or 48 hours.
Police said it appeared the collision had happened in lane two when the Toyota left the carriageway on the near side, going down an embankment and colliding with trees.
Mr McCormick was remanded in custody to appear before Fenton magistrates at 1000 BST on Monday. |
What an idiot - I hope they throw the book at him 
An excellent role model for kids - NOT!!!
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