AN inquest was told how six people died after a motorcycle overtook another vehicle before colliding head-on with a car carrying a family of four.

Police rushed to the A61 Barnsley Road between Wakefield and Barnsley at 3.54pm on July 21 following reports that a motorcycle and Ford Focus had collided.

Involved in the collision were 33-year-old Shane Roller, 30-year-old Shannen Morgan and two of their children – nine-year-old Rubie and four-year-old Lillie.

It left the family’s 11-year-old daughter Poppie without her mum, dad and sisters, which resulted in well-wishers raising more than £400,000 for her.

The motorcyclist and pillion passenger who died in the collision were Christopher Barton, 56, and his 48-year-old wife Janine Barton.

They had recently celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary.

At an inquest held in Wakefield on Wednesday, coroner support officer Phil Marr confirmed the BMW motorbike had overtook a vehicle on the 50mph stretch.

A pathologist’s report concluded Mr Roller’s death ‘involved a head injury’.

The three other occupants in the car died due to injuries ‘consistent with smoke and fire gas inhalation’.

The inquest was adjourned pending the end of the police’s investigation.