TRIBUTES have been paid to a man and woman killed in a horror motorway crash which also claimed the lives of two kids ‘as they returned from Legoland.’
Chef Jaroslaw Rossa, 42, was pronounced dead at the scene alongside a 33-year-old woman, named locally as Jade McEnroe, and two boys, aged 15 and seven.
Another lad, aged seven, who was also in the motor was the sole survivor of the head-on smash near Tebay Services in Cumbria on the M6 on Tuesday afternoon.
It’s been reported the car was returning from a trip to Legoland in Windsor, Berks.
Wagamama CEO Thomas Heier told the BBC that Mr Rossa’s colleagues in the Silverburn shopping centre restaurant in Glasgow were “heartbroken” and called him a “cherished chef and friend”.
Mr Rossa has yet to be formally identified by police but his employer released a statement paying tribute to him and the “huge impression” he had made while working at Wagamama over the last eight years.
He said: “His warmth, dedication and kindness are the characteristics of Jaroslaw that will stay with the team long after his passing.
“We send our most sincere and heartfelt condolences to his family, for which we know he was deeply devoted to.
“Jaroslaw, you will live in our hearts and minds forever.”
Maggie Snodgrass, 54, who knew spa therapist Jade, has since paid tribute to the mum.
She told The Times: “I just cannot believe it. It is so heartbreaking.
“She was very nice, very pleasant and a quiet lassy. Jade always had a smile on her face.”
An online fundraiser has also been set up to support Jade’s family with nearly £4,000 donated to the GoFundMe page already.
Last night, it emerged the boy is still in a serious condition after he was recovered from the wreckage and airlifted to Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle.
A 40-year-old man who was behind the wheel of a Skoda that collided with the Toyota was also pronounced dead at the scene.
The motorist, from Cambridgeshire, was driving the wrong way down the northbound carriageway moments before the horror unfolded.
Emergency services rushed to the scene on the busy route when the alarm was raised around 4pm on Tuesday.
A section of the northbound carriageway was closed overnight as mercy crews attended the scene and Cumbria Police crash investigators carried out enquiries.
