'A family has been destroyed': EIGHT people are killed and four injured in M1 Bank Holiday pile-up that left mini-bus with children on board 'squashed flat' after crash with two delivery trucks

Eight people have died after a minibus, pictured above, was 'squashed flat' after a crash with two lorries on the M1 today 

Eight people have been killed after their minibus was 'squashed flat' in a serious crash with two lorries in the early hours of this morning. 

The drivers have been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving with one man facing a charge of being over the alcohol limit.

Four others - including a young child - remain in hospital after the collision at 3.15am near junction 15 southbound at Newport Pagnell in Buckinghamshire.

Police say the minibus was travelling from the Nottingham area. One eyewitness said it was 'devastating' that a whole family had been 'destroyed'.

Bank Holiday horror: The smashed up cab of the FedEx lorry involved in a fatal crash being towed away from the scene as four others remain in hospital