Ryanair captain and first officer die in crash on way to Liverpool airport

The car was in a collision with two lorries on the westbound carriageway between junction eight and junction seven, near St Helens.

Two men who died in a crash on the M62 motorway in Cheshire in the UK were a Ryanair captain and senior first officer, police have said.

Matt Greenhalgh, 28, and Jamie Fernandes, 24, were flight crew working for the airline and were travelling to Liverpool Airport in a taxi when the crash happened at 5.31am on Thursday.