Headmaster dies in motorway crash

Mr Slinn was described as a "terrific" head teacher

Pupils at a Birmingham school have been offered counselling after their head teacher was among three people killed in a motorway crash.

Daniel Slinn, 44, who was head at Calshot Primary School in Great Barr, died in the multiple-vehicle crash on the M5 near Tewkesbury on Friday night.

Harbinder Singh Dosanjh, 36, and Manjit Kaur Dosanjh, 35, a married couple from Coventry, also died, police said.

Gloucestershire Police appealed for any witnesses to the crash to contact them.

Fifteen people travelling in nine other vehicles suffered minor injuries in the accident, which happened at just before 1930 BST.

Mr Slinn, from Edgbaston, Birmingham, and the couple were pronounced dead at the scene by ambulance crews on Friday night.

Mr Slinn's wife and daughter were injured in the crash and were taken to hospital.

'Totally devastating'

Jon Hunt, who chairs Birmingham City Council's children and education committee, said everybody was devastated.

"Dan was a terrific young headmaster," he said.

"He's done wonderful things for the school in the last couple of years and to lose him so suddenly and unexpectedly is totally devastating."

Mr Hunt added that counselling wound be available to children and teachers.

Sgt David Carknee said the investigation into the crash would be lengthy.

"There's a major incident and we're trying to piece together the events that happened, so we're appealing for witnesses who were travelling on the motorway at that time to come forward with information," he said.