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23/10/2008
Lorry Driver Charged Over Motorway Deaths
A lorry driver has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving after a family of six were killed in a motorway collision.
David and Michelle Statham had been returning to their home in Llandudno, north Wales, with their four children after visiting relatives in the West Midlands.
Mr Statham, 38, his 33-year-old wife and four children Reece, 13, Jay, nine, 20-month old Mason and 10-week-old baby Ellouise all died after their car bust into flames following a collision with three lorries and another car on the M6 motorway in Cheshire.
Paulo Jorge Nogueira da Silva, 46, from Portugal, faces six counts of causing death by dangerous driving.
He was charged by Cheshire Police on Thursday.
(JM)
David and Michelle Statham had been returning to their home in Llandudno, north Wales, with their four children after visiting relatives in the West Midlands.
Mr Statham, 38, his 33-year-old wife and four children Reece, 13, Jay, nine, 20-month old Mason and 10-week-old baby Ellouise all died after their car bust into flames following a collision with three lorries and another car on the M6 motorway in Cheshire.
Paulo Jorge Nogueira da Silva, 46, from Portugal, faces six counts of causing death by dangerous driving.
He was charged by Cheshire Police on Thursday.
(JM)
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