Smart motorways are “inherently unsafe and dangerous and should be abandoned,” a police and crime commissioner has said.Dr Alan Billings, South Yorkshire’s PCC, became the latest voice demanding the controversial road system – in which the hard shoulde…
Dr Alan Billings wrote to Grant Shapps after this week’s inquest into the deaths of Rotherham man Jason Mercer and Alexandru Murgeanu, from Mansfield, who died in a collision on a stretch of the M1 motorway near Sheffield in June 2019.
Mr Mercer, a…
A coroner has given a stark warning about smart motorways after an inquest into the deaths of two men on a stretch of the M1.
Jason Mercer, 44, and Alexandru Murgeanu, 22, died when Prezemyslaw Szuba crashed his lorry into their vehicles near Sheffield…
A lorry driver who killed two men when his truck ploughed into their vehicles on a stretch of smart motorway near Sheffield has told an inquest he believes he would have avoided them if there had been a hard shoulder.
Jason Mercer, 44, and Alexandru Mu…
A Hull lorry driver who killed two men when his truck ploughed into their vehicles on a stretch of smart motorway has told an inquest he believes he would have avoided them if there had been a hard shoulder.
Jason Mercer, 44, and Alexandru Murgeanu, 22…
A lorry driver who killed two men when his truck ploughed into their vehicles on a stretch of smart motorway has told an inquest he believes he would have avoided them if there had been a hard shoulder.Jason Mercer, 44, and Alexandru Murgeanu, 22, died…
A lorry driver who killed two men when his truck ploughed into their vehicles on a stretch of smart motorway has told an inquest he believes he would have avoided them if there had been a hard shoulder.Jason Mercer, 44, and Alexandru Murgeanu, 22, died…
A
hot tub party host who is said to have claimed he “didn’t believe” in lockdown rules is facing court.
Nottinghamshire Police found partygoers from five different households mixing in breach of Covid-19 laws.
Officers asked the homeowner’s name an…
SHOCKING footage captures the moment a driver almost collides with car “going too fast” as it speeds around a roundabout in foggy conditions.
The near miss was caught on dash cam on Saturday night on the A46 outside Newark, Nottinghamshire.
[embe…
Rail services between Worksop and Mansfield have been suspended because of a lorry which has become stuck under a railway bridge.
Services between the two stations are unable to run after the lorry struck the bridge at around 12noon on Thursday, Octobe…
Local key workers and those who vitally helped the community during the coronavirus lockdown were recognised at the Lincolnshire Lockdown Heroes Awards 2020.
The awards ceremony, organised by The Lincolnite, Lincoln College Group and Lincolnshire …
The widow of man who was killed when a lorry ploughed into his stranded car on a smart motorway has said the wrong person has been jailed, after the truck driver was given a 10-month long sentence.
Jason Mercer, 44, and Alexandru Murgeanu, 22, died whe…
HGV driver, 40, is sentenced to 10 months for killing two men in crash on M1 smart motorway after victim’s widow argued the trucker should be spared jailJason Mercer, 44, and Alexandru Murgeanu, 22, died in smash on June 7 last yearThe men died when lo…
A dangerous driver has been jailed following the death of a two people on the hard shoulder of the M1 smart mortorway.
Alexandru Murgeanu, 22, and Jason Mercer, 44, both died near J34 at around 8.15am on June 7.
The incident has led to the sister …
A Hull lorry driver will be sentenced later today for causing the deaths of two men on a smart motorway last year.
Prezemyslaw Zbigniew Szuba, 40, admitted two counts of causing death by driving without due care and attention when he appeared at Sheffi…