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Six people arrested on suspicion of assault after man falls from minibus onto the M6

The victim, who fell onto the motorway close to Lancaster, was airlifted to hospital with serious head injuries following the incident on Sunday.

SIX people have been arrested on suspicion of assault after a man fell from a minibus on to a motorway.

The victim was airlifted to hospital with serious head injuries following the incident on Sunday.

 Six people have been arrested on suspicion of assault after a man fell from a minibus on the M6 close to Lancaster
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Six people have been arrested on suspicion of assault after a man fell from a minibus on the M6 close to LancasterCredit: Alamy

The M6 near Lancaster was closed for several hours as cops investigated.

Five men and a woman who were in the minibus were in custody last night.

The man was in a stable condition at Royal Preston Hospital.

Det Insp Bev Mason of Lancaster CID said: "We are at the very early stages of our investigation and want to establish what has caused this man to fall from the vehicle.

"While we have made a number of arrests, we are appealing to anyone who saw what happened, or who has dashcam footage of the incident, to contact us.

"If you saw anything unusual which may help with our enquiries, call police." Anyone with information can contact police on 101 quoting log reference 0736 of September 3.

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