Police confirm six dead in ‘tragic’ Wakefield crash

Evening Standard

Police confirm 11-year-old girl orphaned after crash kills six

Superintendent Alan Travis of Wakefield Borough Police has issued a statement to the media following a car crash in West Yorkshire on Sunday (July 21) in which six people were killed, an 11-year-old girl orphaned and her entire family. Shane Roller, his partner Shannen Morgan and two of their daughters, Lillie and Rubie, died on the A61 near Wakefield, West Yorkshire, when the Ford Focus collided with the motorbike at around 3.54pm on Sunday. A set of Gofundme pages for their 11-year-old daughter, who was not in the car, had reached more than £45,000 by Monday afternoon. Any witnesses or people with dash cam footage have been asked to contact West Yorkshire Police by calling 101.