A woman and an eight-month-old baby have tragically died following a horror crash on the A1 Baby Zackary Blades and 30-year-old Karlene Warner were travelling in a Peugeot 308 on the A1(M) between Chester-le-Street and Durham when they were involved in a crash with an Audi Q5 in the early hours of Friday morning. The pair sustained fatal injuries and tragically died at the scene. The fatal crash resulted in the A1(M) Southbound to be closed from J63 A167 (Chester-Le-Street) to J62 A690 (Carrville).
The road was closed for around 16 hours. Read more: Wallsend mum left woman scarred for life after glassing her at charity camping trip Keep up to date with all the latest breaking news and top stories from the North East with our free newsletter Zackary’s mum, Shalorna Warner, who was driving the Peugeot at the time, sustained minor injuries and was taken to hospital for treatment. Today, she and his father, Jack Blades, paid tribute to their son.
"We are absolutely heartbroken to announce the tragic death of our beautiful son, Zackary,” they said. “We only had you in our arms for eight months but in that time, you brought us so much happiness to all our lives. We had so many amazing memories together as a family that will never ever be forgotten; thank you for giving us the best Christmas and holiday together in that time.
“You started crawling from such an early stage, you absolutely loved your food, you started to say mama, your top teeth had just come through, you were.
