In the UK a woman has died after a minibus which was on its way to a hen party crashed with a lorry.

At least 17 people have been injured in the collision on the M62 near Pontefract in West Yorkshire this morning.

The driver of the lorry has been arrested. Firefighters, paramedics and at least 6 air ambulances attended the scene of the collision.

Reports say a number of casualties were trapped in the wreckage of the minibus but have since been freed.

The women in the minibus are believed to be from the local area.

Assistant Chief Fire Officer Dave Walton said that firefighters had remarked that the crash was "the worst they had seen in a number of years".

"The crews that arrived described to me a very difficult scene, some of them saying it was the worst they'd seen in a number of years and some very experienced fire officers have been attending this scene" he said.