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A vehicle fire has resulted in part of the M25 being closed as firefighters battle to put out the blaze[1].
National Highways South East said the M25 in Surrey is closed anti-clockwise between J10 for the A3[2], Guildford and J8 Reigate due to a vehic…
Police found that Neil Platt, 43 of Bootle, Merseyside, had been checking his phone regularly during a three-hour journey on May 17, 2024, which saw him travel from Dumfries, Scotland to the M58 via the M6.
Platt’s truck slammed into the back of D…
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A crash between a car and a lorry blocked part of a road and causing delays this morning.
The accident happened this morning on the A228 Sundridge Hill, southbound near Junction 2 of the M2 for Strood and Rochester.
A228 Sundridge Hill delays after …
Photographs of naked women appeared on the X social media feed of Neil Platt, 43, moments before the horrific crash near junction four of the M58 in Skelmersdale, Lancashire, on May 17 last year.
A “heavily distracted” Platt failed to notice stationary…
Delays are building on the M60 motorway tonight (Friday, September 19) due to a crash.
One lane is shut to traffic on the clockwise carriageway between Junction 7 and Junction 9 (Trafford Park).
The incident was first reported at around 8.50pm.
Never m…
Neil Platt, 43, was looking at porn on his mobile phone while driving an HGV on the M58 in Skelmersdale before crashing into a car belonging to Danny Aitchison, who was tragically killed
20:13, 19 Sep 2025Updated 20:23, 19 Sep 2025
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A lorry driver who was “distracted” as he looked at pornography images seconds before he killed a father of two in a motorway crash has been jailed.
Neil Platt was sentenced to 10 years behind bars on Friday for causing the death of a man while driving…
Neil Platt was described as a “multi-tonne accident waiting to happen”
Cheryl Mullin and Kim Pilling
19:11, 19 Sep 2025Updated 19:18, 19 Sep 2025
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Neil Platt’s lorry smashed into Danny Aitchison car at …
For years, motorists have reported ghostly visions on these eight country lanes, A roads and even one motorway
Elaine Blackburne Network Content Editor
11:44, 19 Sep 2025
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There have been ghostly sightings going back centuries(Image: Getty)…