[1] On 20 October 2008, at around 10:40 p.m. GMT[2] on the M6 motorway northbound south of junction 17, near Sandbach, Cheshire, a pile-up occurred.
One of the cars, a Toyota Previa, burst into flames after crashing into a Volvo lorry and getting pushed underneath it.
It was initially thought that only five people died in the crash, however several hours later another "very small" child was found in the car, which brought the total to six.
[3] A 46-year-old Portuguese man, Paulo Jorge Nogueria da Silva, was charged with six counts of death by dangerous driving.
[4] On 10 February 2009, a prosecution at Chester Crown Court said that da Silva was not paying attention to the road when his lorry ploughed into the Toyota Previa with the family who was killed inside.