Hundreds have paid their final respects to a 21-year-old man who died following a crash on the M6.

The Janazah (funeral) prayers for Kamrooj Zaman took place at the Shah Jalal Mosque on Revidge Road in Blackburn.

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With so many people attending crowds spilled out on to Lynwood Road from the adjoining car park. The burial took place at Pleasington Cemetery.

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The crash happened just before 7pm on Wednesday close to junction 27 of the motorway near Charnock.

The incident closed the motorway in both directions between junctions 27 and 28. A woman who has yet to be named was critically injured in the crash.