US EditionRichard Woods: Suicidal ex-RAF pilot took own life and killed four others in head-on motorway crash, inquest rules
- A former RAF fighter pilot, Richard Woods, died while causing a crash on the M6 that resulted in five fatalities, including two children, on October 15 last year.
- At the time of the collision, Woods was driving under the influence of alcohol, with a two-thirds empty bottle of gin found in his car.
- The driver and three others from the Toyota were pronounced dead at the scene, while a seven-year-old boy named Arran survived with serious injuries.
- Woods had a history of anxiety and alcohol abuse, and his father described him as 'a decent, honourable man' who was 'just a troubled soul.
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Family of four killed by suicidal pilot deliberately driving wrong way down M6
Other motorists reported hearing a loud explosion after the fatal M6 crash (Picture: X/@Islesy123/PA Wire) A Glasgow family was killed on the M6 when a former RAF pilot drove drunk on the wrong side of the motorway, an inquest found. Jaroslaw Rossa, 42 died along with his two sons Filip, 15, and Dominic, seven, when Richard Woods, 40, crashed his Skoda into them near Tebay services, Cumbria. Jade McEnroe, 33, Mr Rossa’s partner, who was travelli…
Drunk ex-RAF pilot 'deliberately' drove into M6 traffic and killed family in crash - The Mirror
Richard John Woods, 40, was four times the drink drive limit when he drove the wrong way down the M6 towards traffic, hitting a Toyota and killing himself as well as most of the family onboard
Richard Woods: Suicidal ex-RAF pilot took own life and killed four others in head-on motorway crash, inquest rules
The fatal collision happened on the M6 northbound, past Tebay services in Cumbria, on 15 October 2024. Five people, including a father and his two sons, were killed in the crash.
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