Man bailed after being arrested over crash that killed 6 people on A61

A man who was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving following a crash which killed six people has been bailed, West Yorkshire Police said.

Shane Roller, 33, his 30-year-old partner Shannen Morgan and their daughters Rubie and Lillie Morgan-Roller, aged nine and four, died when their Ford Focus car was in collision with a motorbike on the A61, near the village of Mapplewell, Barnsley, on Sunday afternoon.

A married couple on the BMW S100 XR motorbike, Christopher Barton, 56, and Janine Barton, 48, also died in the collision.

On Thursday morning, the force said the man being held on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving had been released on bail.

Detectives issued an appeal on Wednesday for anyone who saw a Porsche car being driven in the area around the time of the collision to come forward.

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