Man pleads guilty to dangerous driving after serious fatal crash on M27

The polic received reports of a serious multi-vehicle crash at junction 5 on the M27 shortly after 12:30pm on Wednesday, February 21.

The collision involved a Mercedes lorry, Nissan Juke and Volkswagen Polo. Sadly the driver of the lorry, 36-year-old Michal Kaminski from Salisbury, Wiltshire, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The section of the M27 was closed for hours due to a major fire after the lorry caught fire following the collision. Emergency services spent hours tackling the blaze and National Highways worked to repair an overhead gantry that had been damaged as a result.

Ross Alex Neiland, 38, from Littlehampton, was charged with causing death by dangerous driving, causing death while uninsured, causing death while driving without a valid licence, and failing to allow a specimen of blood to be analysed.

He will be sentenced at Southampton Crown Court on January 21.

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