Ipswich man faces charges over four M25 crash deaths

Essex Police was called to the incident in Waltham Abbey shortly after 6.15pm on August 23, 2021.

A lorry had collided with a minibus between junctions 27 and 26 resulting in the deaths of four people.

Abigael Muamba, 31 and from Edmonton Green; Dexter Augustus, 60 and from Waltham Forest; and Jennifer Smith, 59 and from Stratford, were all pronounced dead at the scene. 

Lisa Gardiner, 44 and from Walthamstow, died later of her injuries.

The driver of the lorry Ethan Burdett, 66 and of Ipswich Haven Marina, will attend Colchester Magistrates’ Court on May 17.

He will be charged with four counts of causing death by dangerous driving and four counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.