Reckless drivers have been caught using FaceTime and watching movies at the wheel by police officers who patrolled the M40 in unmarked lorries. The law-breaking motorists were captured on film by Warwickshire Police as part of Operation Tramline, a national campaign in which officers use HGVs to locate drivers who could pose a risk on … Read more
Vietnam has jailed four people for helping to smuggle 39 of the country’s citizens to the UK – where they suffocated to death in the back of a lorry. Nguyen Quoc Thanh, 26, Nguyen Thi Thuy Hoa, 36, Tran Dinh Truong, 35, and Nguyen Xuan Trieu, 24, were sentenced to a total of 51 years in prison … Read more
Man dies and child, 11, fights for life in hospital where his father is also injured after lorry smashes into house Police were called to the scene in Kidbrooke, south east London , around 8am Lorry driver was declared dead at the scene after vehicle crashed into a building Police say 11-year-old child taken to … Read more
Fury as Tory councillor tunes into Zoom for a virtual cabinet meeting while driving a LORRY Councillor David Brown looked at and adjusted the device on several occasions Lincolnshire Police and Boston Borough Council are investigating the matter Lorry drivers can be fined maximum of £2,500 if caught using hand-held device By Sabi Phagura for MailOnline … Read more
Better Tikka diversion! Two lanes of M4 motorway are closed after lorry spills five pallets of PILAU RICE Almost three tons of pilau rice fell off the truck and were spilled all over M4 Wiltshire police officers shared the photos on social media and said ‘smells nice’ Two lanes of the motorway are closed and … Read more
Lorry firm is ordered to be shut down after bosses lied to public inquiry into death of young doctor who was killed when she was knocked off her bike by driver S&J Transport was told to close three years after Suzanna Bull was fatally injured Robert Bradbury was jailed for 21 months for causing death … Read more
Foiled! Lorry driver is jailed for 12 years after police found £1.25million of heroin stashed inside delivery of CRISPS after stopping vehicle in Essex port Dariusz Urban, 49, was caught as he drove lorry into Harwich International Port Border Force officers found 25kg of heroin hidden in a cover load of crisps Mr Urban, from … Read more
James Majury, 33, (pictured) was today jailed for eight years and 10 months after killing two people in a multi-vehicle collision on the M58 in Lancashire in January 2019 while checking his Facebook An HGV driver who killed a boy, 14, and a teaching assistant, 50, after ploughing into a minibus while checking Facebook has … Read more
‘Migrant smuggling’ sting brings M25 to a standstill: Police swoop on lorry and arrest driver causing seven-mile tailbacks after motorists spot people streaming out of the trailer ‘Police incident’ brings traffic to a standstill on the M25 near Brentwood, Essex Multiple police cars were seen surrounding a lorry on a lay-by this afternoon Witnesses saw … Read more
Seven ‘migrants’ are arrested after being found in the back of lorry that arrived in the UK from France Five adults and two teenagers were found at Millbay Docks in Plymouth today Devon and Cornwall Police found the suspected migrants in a Mesguen lorry A record 202 illegal immigrants made the Channel crossing to Kent on Thursday … Read more