Three Indian Wipro employees among UK road collision victims

Two lorry drivers have been charged with causing death by dangerous driving.

Three passengers, including a five-year-old girl, are fighting for their lives. The bus was carrying a group of 11 passengers who were being driven to London to meet a coach which was taking them on a last minute holiday to France. Three of the six men and two women who lost their lives in the pile-up have now been named Indian nationals who were working for Nottingham firm Capital One.

"It is with deep regret and sadness that we confirm the passing away of three of our colleagues, Karthikeyan Ramasubramaniyam Pugalur, Rishi Rajeev Kumar, and Vivek Bhaskaran in a tragic road accident in the UK," a spokesman for Wipro, the agency which had arranged the contracts, said.

Another employee, Mano Ranjan Panneerselvam, is one of those critically injured in hospital along with the five- year-old girl who is understood to be the daughter of one of the other passengers. Panneerselvam's wife and mother are said by relatives to be the other women who were hospitalised, whilst three of his family members are understood to be among the dead. Cyriac Joseph, the 52-year-old owner of Nottingham-based ABC Travels and driver of the minibus who was born in India, was among those who lost their lives in the pile-up. His friend Manu Zachariah paid tribute to Joseph, also known as Benny.

Ryszard Masierak of Evesham, Worcestershire, has been accused of eight counts of causing death by dangerous driving, four counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving and eight counts of causing death by careless driving while over the prescribed alcohol limit.

The 31-year-old appeared before High Wycombe Magistrates' Court on Monday and has been remanded in custody.

David Wagstaff, 53, of Stoke-on-Trent, is charged with eight counts of causing death by dangerous driving and four counts of causing serious injury by dangeAGENCIES