Two men have been charged over a crash on the M1 that left eight people dead and three more fighting for their lives in hospital.
Ryszard Masierak and David Wagstaf were charged with eight counts each of causing death by dangerous driving and four each of causing serious injury by dangerous driving. Masierak was charged with eight more counts of causing death by careless driving while over the drink-drive limit.
Six men and two women died at the scene of the crash, near Newport Pagnell in Buckinghamshire on Saturday. It was reported on Saturday that a man, a woman and a five-year-old girl were being treated for life-threatening injuries, while another woman was in hospital in a less serious condition.
On Sunday, Thames Valley police said all four were in a serious condition.
Source: Two men charged over M1 motorway crash that killed eight people | UK news | The Guardian
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