GRIEVING mum Amanda Peak yesterday told of her anguish as a footballer stood accused of causing the crash which killed her sons.

The footballer charged with causing the death of the two boys in a motorway crash has also been accused of drink-driving and having no insurance.

Luke McCormick, goal-keeper of Championship side Plymouth Argyle, was held in custody overnight to appear before magistrates today.

Accused ... goalie Luke McCormick

Yesterday heartbroken mum Amanda wiped away tears as she revealed she had told her badly injured husband Phil that their only children Ben, eight, and Arron, ten were dead.

Phil, 37, is in hospital with a broken neck and back after the M6 crash. Amanda, 30, of Partington, Manchester, said: Both Phil and I are devastated at the sudden and tragic death of our two beautiful boys.

No parent should ever have to go through the nightmare that we have gone through.

Arron loved life and especially football. Ben was a happy, loving son and brother and nothing will ever compensate us for the loss we are feeling.

This is also true for all our relatives, including grandparents and uncles and aunts.

The boys were excited to be going with their dad and friends to Silverstone for a fun day out.

Phil is not only having to come to terms with the loss of his sons, but he also has to cope with the serious injuries he has sustained.

Now my family and I want to be left alone to grieve and to try and come to terms with this event that has devastated our lives.

Last night Phil, who also has internal injuries, was in the intensive care unit of Stokes University Hospital.

Doctors are hopeful he will not be paralysed.

He was driving the boys and three pals to a race meeting at Silverstone, Northants, on Saturday.

Police believe their silver Toyota Previa people carrier was in the middle lane of the southbound M6, in front of a black Range Rover driven by 24-year-old McCormick.

Despair ... mum Amanda Peak

At 5.45am, between junctions 16 and 15, there was an impact and the Toyota careered down an embankment and into trees.

McCormick is due to appear before magistrates at Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent, on charges of causing deaths by dangerous driving and driving with excess alcohol and without insurance.

Earlier this year he helped Devon and Cornwall Police in a road safety campaign, telling drivers not to use mobiles.

There is no suggestion he was using his phone when the accident happened.

Police yesterday appealed for information about the movements of the Range Rover registration YG06 MVP in the 24 hours before the tragedy.

Inspector Paul Bennett added: My heart goes out to Amanda and Phil and their relatives.

I dont know how they are coping.