Two lorry drivers, Ryszard Masierak, 31, and David Wagstaff, 54, face a prison sentence after the M1 crash which killed a minibus driver and seven passengers on 26th August 2017. They will be sentenced at Aylesbury Crown Court on 23rd March.
It is said that Masierak had been drinking and was twice over the limit. Wagstaff admitted causing eight deaths and serious injury to four others by careless driving, however, he was acquitted of dangerous driving at Reading Crown Court. Masierak was convicted of causing eight deaths and four serious injuries by dangerous driving.
The minibus driver, Cyriac Joseph died alongside his passengers, Panneerselvam Annamalai, Rishi Ranjeev Kumar, Vivek Baskaran, Lavanyalakshmi Ramasubrmanian, Karthikeyan Pugalur Ramasubramanian, Subramaniyan Arachelvan and Tamilmani Arachelvan, who were all from India. There were on a trip to Disneyland Paris from Nottingham.
