Police are investigating what happened

A police spokeswoman said a Vauxhall car being driven the wrong way down the M180 in North Lincolnshire collided with two other vehicles.

"There appears to have been at least two adult fatalities and other people, including a number of children, with serious injuries," she added.

The motorway was shut both ways between junctions two and four.

Lorry driver injured

Earlier on the same motorway an injured lorry driver had sheltered under his vehicle for up to an hour before being airlifted to hospital after being struck by a passing car, police said.

Humberside officers said the goods vehicle driver was working on his lorry at the side of the M180 between junctions three and four on Monday morning.

He suffered chest and leg injuries and crawled under his lorry for protection before a passing motorist called 999.

The man was taken to Hull Royal Infirmary by the Yorkshire Air Ambulance.

Police said the motorist whose car struck the driver may be unaware of any collision and the fact that anyone was injured.