<table class="storycontent" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><div class="mxb"><h1>Footballer held over death crash </h1></div></td></tr><tr><td class="storybody"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="226" align="right" border="0"><tbody><tr><td><div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="first">A professional footballer has been arrested after two boys were killed in a crash on the M6 in Staffordshire. </p> The youngsters, aged eight and 10, died after a Toyota Previa people carrier careered down an embankment following a collision with a Range Rover. </p> Plymouth Argyle said it was "aware of an incident involving one of its players". </p> The arrested 25-year-old-man is being held on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. </p> The 37-year-old Previa driver, the boys' father, suffered serious but non life-threatening injuries. </p> He was taken to the University Hospital of North Staffordshire in Stoke-on-Trent </p> A man, aged 49, and two boys, aged eight and 15, escaped with minor injuries. </p> It is thought the party were travelling from Manchester to Silverstone, in Northamptonshire, when the crash happened at shortly before 0545 BST near junction 16 of the motorway. </p> The arrested man was not hurt, police said. </p> The motorway was closed southbound between junctions 16 and 15 following the incident in the early hours of Saturday morning, and reopened at lunchtime. </p> One boy was pronounced dead at the scene and the other died at the University Hospital of North Staffordshire. </p> In a statement, Plymouth Argyle said: "The club is aware of an incident involving one of our players that occurred on Saturday morning on the M6. </p> "As the incident is subject to police inquiries, the club feels it would be inappropriate to make any comment at this stage." </p> Anyone with information is asked to contact Staffordshire Police. </p></td></tr></tbody></table>
LUKE McCORMICK http://news.sky.com/skynews/home http://www.barnsleyfc.org.uk/bbs/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=111820&posts=15#M730557
