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Kneeling by a mound of dirt next to the East Coast Main Line, officer Tony Thompson finished burying a Garfield figurine and gazed upon the tracks.Less than a month before, he had been called out to Selby to cover one of the most tragic and structurall…
Some mysteries fade with time. Others linger for decades, haunting the people who remember them. So, we asked[1] members of the BuzzFeed Community[2] to share the unsolved cases they can’t stop thinking about. Here are the stories that keep them up at …
A van driver who crashed into the back of a broken-down car in the fast lane of a smart motorway has been convicted of causing the fatal collision.Barry O’Sullivan, 45, was driving a grey Ford work van along the M4 on March 7 2022, when he hit a Nissan…
The defence argued the crash was ‘inevitable’ due to a smart motorway technical fault
16:32, 18 Feb 2026
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Barry O’Sullivan leaves Reading Crown Court after he was found guilty of causing death by careless driving. (Image: Georgia Bates/PA Wi…
Barry O’Sullivan, 45, was driving a grey Ford work van along the M4 on March 7 2022, when he hit a Nissan Micra which had stopped in the outside lane.
The crash, which took place on the M4 westbound between junctions 11 and 12 in Berkshire, caused both…
A motorist who crashed into the back of a broken-down car on a smart motorway has been convicted of causing the fatal collision.
Barry O’Sullivan, 45, of Wixams near Bedford, was driving a grey Ford work van at the time of the collision with a Nissan M…
A van driver who crashed into the back of a broken-down car in the fast lane of a smart motorway has been convicted of causing the fatal collision.Barry O’Sullivan, 45, was driving a grey Ford work van along the M4 on March 7 2022 when he hit a Nissan …
Barry O’Sullivan, 45, was convicted at Reading Crown Court over the crash[1] By AIDAN RADNEDGE, SENIOR NEWS REPORTER[2] Published: 13:06, 18 February 2026 | Updated: 13:21, 18 February 2026
A van driver has been found guilty of causi…
Barry O’Sullivan, 45, was driving a grey Ford work van along the M4 on March 7 2022 when he collided with a Nissan Micra that had come to a halt in the fast lane of the motorway.
The collision – which took place during the morning rush hour on the M4 w…
Do you have a story? Email [email protected] By LETTICE BROMOVSKY, NEWS REPORTER[1] Published: 18:02, 16 February 2026 | Updated: 20:09, 16 February 2026
Alerts designed to warn drivers of broken-down veh…