Man charged with dangerous driving over crash that killed six, including two children

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A 50-year-old man has been charged with causing the deaths of six people in a road collision that claimed the lives of a family of four and a married couple.

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Christopher Cockell, of Gresford Close, Woolley Grange, is accused of six counts of causing death by dangerous driving following the crash on the A61 between Barnsley and Wakefield in July 2024.He is due to appear at Leeds Magistrates' Court on October 28.The collision happened at around 3pm on July 21, on the single-carriageway section of the A61 between Staincross and Newmillerdam.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Shane Roller, 33, was driving a silver Ford Focus carrying his partner, Shannen Morgan, and their two young daughters, Rubie, nine, and four-year-old Lillie.

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All four died in the crash.Christopher Barton, 56, and his wife Janine, 48, were travelling on a BMW motorcycle and also lost their lives.An inquest at Wakefield Coroner's Court previously heard that the motorcycle had been overtaking another vehicle when it...

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