'Truck driver charged in UK accident was twice legal drink-drive limit'
29 Aug 2017 10:13 PM IST
London: One of the two truck drivers charged with causing the deaths of eight Indian-origin victims in one of the UK's worst road collisions was nearly twice the legal drink-drive limit, a UK court has been told.
Ryszard Maseriak had stopped in the slow lane of the highway when a minibus driven by India-born Cyriac Joseph and carrying the family and friends of four Wipro employees tried to avoid crashing into his large vehicle.
According to reports, the minibus got crushed as it was hit by a second truck at that moment.
Maseriak, 31, broke down in tears as High Wycombe Magistrates' Court was told yesterday that he was recorded as having 55mg of alcohol per 100ml of breath.
The legal driving limit in the UK is 35mg.
The collision, which occurred near Newport Pagnell in Buckinghamshire in the early hours of Saturday, resulted in the death of six men and two women. agencies
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