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Claire Mercer was campaigning outside South Yorkshire Police headquarters in Sheffield on Wednesday (Mar 2) to mark what would have been her husband Jason Mercer’s 47th birthday.
Mr Mercer and another man, Alexandru Murgeanu, died in June 2019 when …
Claire Mercer
A smart motorway campaigner whose husband died in a crash on the M1 has said she is determined to challenge a decision that National Highways will not face charges over his death.
Claire Mercer was campaigning outside South Yorksh…
Officers from the Derbyshire Roads Policing Unit reveavled how the incident occured at junction 30 of the M1 at Barlborough, after police spotted the vehicle and had requested the driver to follow them.
They said: “Driver decides he doesn’t want to…
The A47 was partially blocked this afternoon due to a crash involving two vehicles.
Leicester Area Traffic Control confirmed the incident in King Richard’s Road in Westcotes, Leicester, in a Tweet at 3.26pm today.
Leicestershire Police officers blocked…
A lorry carrying tonnes of tyres caught fire on the M1 this morning.
The 44-tonne HGV had been travelling on the northbound carriageway on approach to the Junction 23 exit at Loughborough when it caught fire.
Leicestershire Fire and Rescue crews were c…
A man has died in a collision on the M1 this afternoon (Tuesday, February 22). Police have confirmed a man and a lorry were involved in a collision between junctions 4 and 5 northbound, between Watford and Elstree, at around 12.30pm today. The man died…
A crash on the M1 caused delays on the northbound side of the motorway in the south of the county.
In a series of tweets, National Highways reported that all three northbound lanes at junction 19 were shut while emergency services dealt with the incide…
Storm Eunice has battered Yorkshire, causing havoc across the roads in its wake, upturning lorries and collapsing trees.
Major motorways including the M1, M62, a whole host of A-roads and residential roads, have been affected today (February 18), with …
Drink-driving mother-of-four, 35, admits killing son, 10, and daughter, four, in M1 horror crash with HGV before going on run after their funeralMary McCann was driving her Vauxhall Astra car down the M1 when she crashedHer children, Lilly and Smaller,…
Police in Derbyshire say that the truck driver ignored the red ‘x’ symbol and was over the alcohol limit.
The incident was reported today by Derbyshire Police.
The smart motorway section of the M1 had the red ‘x’ showing denoting that a live lane sho…