M5 accident – in pictures

Aerial view of the M5 crash scene taken from TV footage Photograph: Reuters A general view of the scene on the M5 motorway close to Taunton in Somerset Photograph: Chris Ison/PA Dozens of emergency workers at the crash site Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Crash investigators at work near a burnt-out lorry Photograph: Chris Ison/PA A police helicopter leaves the crash scene Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Mangled vehicles at the crash scene Photograph: SWNS.com The scene of smoke and lights soon after the crash happened Photograph: Avon and Somerset Police/Twitter/PA Vehicles silhouetted in the hours after the crash Photograph: SWNS.com Emergency services on the opposite side of the motorway Photograph: Chris Ison/PA Emergency workers near wrecked vehicles in the haze Photograph: SWNS.com The morning after: emergency workers near the wreckage Photograph: SWNS.com A welder works on a central barrier on the M5 near the crash Photograph: Carl Court/AFP/Getty The crash scene viewed from an overpass Photograph: Chris Ison/PA Damaged cars are taken away Photograph: PA Traffic on the reopened southbound carriageway passes the scene of the collision Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images A police collision investigator officer walks through debris Photograph: David Hedges/PA Police officers walk on the pitch at Taunton Rugby Club's ground Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images Police search through debris Photograph: David Hedges/PA