Investigations are continuing into the death of a 27-year-old woman and an 8-year-old boy on the M1 Pacific Motorway yesterday afternoon.
At about 5:30pm, police believe they were travelling in a Tarago van southbound and pulled into a breakdown bay near George Booth Drive where the driver got out and opened the side door.
"At that stage, we believe an 8-year-old child has entered the roadway followed by a 27-year-old carer. Obviously, both were killed we believe instantly when a pantech truck travelling south collided with both of those," said Acting Assistant Commissioner Stuart Smith.
Police aren't able to comment on the results of the tests and still don't know exactly what happened and why.
The M1 was closed for more than five hours while investigators tried to piece together what had happened.
"Look I can tell you I know how I felt when the phone call came and I was deploying crash investigators last night. We sent a number of them up, we were already getting feedback from the roadside that it's a terrible tragedy," said Assistant Commissioner Smith.
"Obviously there's grief counselling for emergency services at the moment but then we've got to deal with the grief of the wider group of family members which is going to be forever."
The incident was one of nine fatal crashed over the weekend which police say were largely due to the inclement weather.
"It is a tragic day for emergency services. The nine deaths on the road on the weekend would be affecting hundreds more. There would be families who are grieving today. The investigations of all of those are in their infancy but certainly, six of those deaths can be attributed to poor driving," said Assistant Commissioner Smith.
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