A lorry driver was right now charged with killing three motorists after his HGV ploughed right into a mother-of-two, whose automobile had damaged down, and two different motorists who stopped to assist her.
Michal Kopaniarz, 39, will seem earlier than a court docket {accused} of inflicting the three deaths in a horror smash on a significant twin carriageway.
Bride-to-be Alex Britton, 28, was on her technique to work in a Vauxhall Astra when she broke down on the A303 close to Andover, Hampshire.
Good Samaritan Tina Ince, 58, was driving a Mercedes meals supply van when she stopped to assist Miss Britton.
Michal Kopaniarz, 39, will seem earlier than a court docket {accused} of three counts of inflicting loss of life by harmful driving, in addition to perverting the course of justice
Mom of two and bride-to-be Alex Britton, 25, was killed on August 25 final yr with two others when lorry driver Michal Koparniaz ploughed into their autos
Tragically, each ladies have been killed together with DAF restoration truck driver Tom Watson, 30, when Kopaniarz’s lorry smashed into their autos round 8.40am on August 25 final yr.
The highway was closed for 21 hours following the crash.
Kopaniarz was right now charged with three counts of inflicting loss of life by harmful driving and one rely of perverting the course of justice, in relation to the incident which occurred simply after 8.40am on 25 August 2021.
Kopaniarz, from Donnington, Shropshire, was remanded in custody and was as a consequence of seem at Basingstoke Magistrates’ Courtroom, Hampshire, right now.
Miss Britton, from Portsmouth, Hants, was mom to daughters Payton, three, and 18-month-old Ava on the time of the crash, and was as a consequence of marry her childhood sweetheart Aaron Regulation.
DAF restoration truck driver Tom Watson, 30, additionally died when Kopaniarz ploughed into the group’s autos on the A303 in Hampshire on August 25 final yr
Tina Ince, 58, was killed when she stopped to assist Miss Britton after she broke down
Mr Regulation stated Miss Britton was an ‘wonderful girl’ and that telling his daughters of their mom’s loss of life was the toughest factor he has finished.
Talking after the crash, he stated: ‘They’re by no means ever, ever, going to overlook their mum.
‘She was actually stunning inside and outside. She was wonderful with (the youngsters).’
Ms Ince, from Southampton, Hants, was praised by her household after she tried to assist Miss Britton. They stated: ‘Tina was a sort and beneficiant individual with a coronary heart of gold.
‘She lived as she died – serving to individuals. Phrases don’t start to explain how a lot she will probably be missed by those that knew her. She was sturdy, hardworking, and actually considered one of a sort.’
The household of Mr Watson, from Southampton, stated he ‘liked his job’ and was described as ‘a kind-hearted, beneficiant man who liked to assist individuals and do something for his household’.
