M4 motorway in Berkshire closed due to lorry fire
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BBC News
6 hours ago
- BBC News
M4 motorway in Berkshire closed due to lorry fire
A major motorway has been closed because of a lorry Highways said "multiple fire appliances" attended the fire on the M4 westbound carriageway between junction 12 for Reading and junction 13 for Newbury just after 13:00 eastbound carriageway is also being held because of smoke drifting across the carriageway, the company fire was extinguished just after 16:00 but crews remain at the scene, Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue (RBFRS) said. The BBC has approached Thames Valley Police and South Central Ambulance Service for more information. You can follow BBC Berkshire on Facebook, X, or Instagram.
The Sun
7 hours ago
- The Sun
Major motorway closed after lorry fire sparking huge delays for thousands of drivers
A MAJOR motorway has closed after a lorry burst into flames on the M4 in Berkshire westbound. National Highway has warned that the carriageway between Junction 12, Reading, and Junction 13, Newbury, is closed. Multiple fire crews are battling to bring the blaze under control as thick black smoke has forced traffic on the eastbound side to a standstill too. Officers are at the scene helping to manage the gridlocked traffic, which is backing up for miles. Motorists are being urged to avoid the area and allow extra time for journeys. National Highways said: "If this closure impacts on your planned route, please allow extra journey time. "Plan ahead, you may wish to re-route or even delay your journey." Diversion Route National Highways said road users are advised to follow the Hollow Square diversion symbol on road signs: Exit the M4 at J12. At the roundabout take the 1st exit and join the A4. Continue on the A4 for approx.12.5 miles, to Newbury. At the A4/A339 roundabout use the 3rd exit and join the A339. Follow the A339 for approx. 2.5 miles, merging with the A34. At the Chieveley interchange use the nearside lanes for the M4 J13 roundabout. At the J13 roundabout take the 1st exit and re-join the M4 westbound. 1
Daily Mail
10 hours ago
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Coroner issues warning after father-of-two, 46, died when car skidded into dangerous ramped barrier during torrential rain
A 'doting' father-of-two was killed when his car aquaplaned in torrential rain and became airborne after hitting a ramped safety barrier before smashing into a concrete support pillar. Leigh Nardelli, 46, was driving a Mercedes AMG car on the A5 near Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, when it lost control and hit the central reservation. The car continued sliding until it was flung into the air by the ramped section of another safety barrier and launched into the air, eventually hitting a concrete post they were protecting. Mr Nardelli, a skateboarding industry executive, died at the scene after suffering multiple injuries. A coroner has now sent a Prevention of Future Deaths Notice to National Highways after it emerged the barrier had been identified as a major safety risk in 2022 – two years before the crash - but delayed replacing it for financial reasons. Dr Sean Cummings, the assistant coroner for Milton Keynes, wrote: 'This had been in place to protect the concrete support pillar of an overhead bridge. 'However, it is acutely ramped and allowed Mr Nardelli's vehicle to be projected up it, travel along the top before entering a wider space between the barriers on the south and northside. 'The vehicle then seems to have descended and 'flipped' becoming airborne and striking the concrete support causing fatal injuries. 'The barrier ramp, known as a 'P1 terminal' had been due for replacement to a safer bifurcated system [where a single barrier splits into two and run either side of an obstacle] in 2022 but for financial reasons was not. 'The hazard posed by the design of the P1 terminal was known by National Highways and it was due for replacement at the site of the collision in 2022. 'It presented and continues to present a significant risk and was not replaced for financial reasons. 'There is a gradual roll out programme across National Highways to replace P1 terminals with a safer bifurcated system but I consider the implications of the financial limitations represents an ongoing safety concern for vehicles approaching them on designated roads. 'In my opinion action should be taken to prevent future deaths and I believe you (and/or your organisation) have the power to take such action.' Dr Cummings concluded at an inquest in March that Mr Nardelli died as the result of a road traffic collision. The Chelsea fan, who was originally from London but lived in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, was driving his white Mercedes at speed on the 60mph road at 10.30am on July 6, 2024, when his car ran through a patch of pooled water and lost control. Crash investigation officers from Thames Valley Police had access to traumatic footage showing how the car hit the barrier, spun and crunched into the concrete bridge support. Mr Nardelli, who had worked since the late 1990s for Britain's largest skateboard distribution company, New Deal UK, left behind two sons, Eddie, 18, and Axel, five. A Gofundme page set up to help support them raised £12,670. The website said: 'Leigh was an amazing, doting father who provided everything for his sons. 'Losing him has left a huge hole in the lives of not only his close family and friends but everyone that knew him. 'Part of the money will go towards helping to pay for Eddie to carry on snowboarding, as he is currently competing and training with Snowboard England. 'He is also about to start to learn to drive and it would be great for him to be able to travel to training in the near future. 'Leigh was such a special person to so many. He was one of life's good ones and a truly amazing dad, brother, uncle, son and friend.' Eddie wrote on Instagram after the tragedy: 'We are all going to miss my dad because he was one of the best people to exist, whether it was dad, husband, brother, son - he was the perfect man at all of it. 'He truly was the perfect man and I think we all want to be as good as he was. I miss you dad.' National Highways has 56 days in which to respond to the coroner by setting out its proposed action. A spokesman said: 'Every death on our roads is one too many and our thoughts are with the family and friends of Leigh Nardelli following this tragic incident. 'We will consider the coroner's report and respond within the deadline.'
