Lorry driver `was double the limit and other was on his phone´ in crash that killed eight
(World News UK)

Eight people died in the crash on the M1 motorway in the early hours of August 26 (Picture: LNP) One lorry driver was twice the drink drive limit and another was on a hands-free call with the vehicle on cruise control when a crash on the M1 killed eight people, a court heard. Polish national Ryszard Masierak, 32, allegedly stopped for 12 minutes in the slow lane in the early hours of August 26 2017, despite there being miles of hard shoulder available. Man dialled 999 and faked stroke so he could get free taxi ride to hospital His lorry caused an obstruction on the motorway forcing others to slow before moving around him. As minibus driver Cyriac Joseph waited with his hazard lights on for a...