At Least Seven Killed in UK Crash
The death toll may rise as the wreckage is still being cleared from the motorway.
A hero paramedic involved in the rescue of dozens of people from the M5 crash returned to the scene yesterday to reflect on the carnage he witnessed.
Dr Andy Smith, 44, from South Western Ambulance Service, was one of more than 60 medics called to the Friday night disaster.
From a motorway bridge overlooking the carnage, he said: "I stayed at the scene until about 2am on Saturday.
"When I arrived it was almost like something out of a disaster movie. But even then people were trying to create order out of the chaos.
"My colleagues were dealing with casualties right at the side of the vehicles.
"I dealt with the casualties that were able to walk - giving them treatment.
"No one had ever seen anything like this - they are obviously trained professionals but they are also human beings. "The central area of the scene was a fireball. Then there were the cars at the back which had smashed into each other. "My colleagues were extracting them from the vehicles and giving them immediate life-saving first aid. "They carried out some heroic actions to save lives. We treated over 50 casualties and approximately half of them had very serious injuries.
"There weren't many burns victims - the majority were major trauma injuries. Over 50 ambulances and more than 60 staff came to the scene."
