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Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Automotive
- 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.'
CTV News
24-06-2025
- CTV News
Man accused of driving 173 km/h before deadly crash back behind bars
The man accused of dangerous driving causing death in a 2023 Clearview Township crash that killed a woman and her dogs is back behind bars. Dan Richie, 35, is in custody again accused of allegedly breaching his release conditions three months after he was granted bail under house arrest accused of another breach. Richie was scheduled to appear inside a Collingwood, Ont. courtroom Tuesday to confirm his preliminary hearing dates ahead of trial. He was released to a loved one in March with a pledge of $75,000. He is charged with dangerous driving causing death and dangerous driving causing bodily harm in a crash near Highway 26 on September 23, 2023, according to police. At the time, investigators said Richie was driving 173 kilometres per hour in an 80 kilometre per hour zone during poor weather conditions, before running a stop sign then crashing into another vehicle at 3/4 Sunnidale Sideroad and Concession Road 9. It is believed Richie was driving with five children as passengers. Fatal crash in Clearview Township A vehicle is loaded onto a tow truck following a fatal collision in Clearview Township on Sat., Sept. 23, 2023. (Courtesy: Gurwinder Singh Manshahia) Investigators said the crash killed 31-year-old Katie Marshall, her two dogs and injured her husband, whom police revealed, was flown by Ornge air ambulance to Toronto along with one of the five children in the vehicle police said Richie was driving. Marshall was on her way to work at Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre where she had been a member of the hospital's security team. Katie Marshall Katie Marshall, 31, pictured alongside her husband, died in a collision on Sept. 23, 2023, on Highway 26 in Clearview Township. (Supplied) While out on bail, police said Richie was previously accused of breaching his conditions and taken into custody in February, accused of failing to notify police of an address change. Police alleged Richie may have been trying to flee. The court heard Tuesday Richie is trying to bring on new counsel, defence lawyer Elliott Willschick, a month from the start of his scheduled preliminary hearing in Barrie. While in custody, Richie is due back in Chatham-Kent courtroom on Friday and in Collingwood in early July. The allegations against him have not been tested in court. Related Articles Man charged in deadly collision in Clearview Township back in custody Woman, 31 killed in Clearview Township collision identified
BBC News
19-05-2025
- BBC News
Learner driver who fled fatal crash scene in Redditch jailed
A speeding learner driver who fled the scene of a fatal crash he caused has been Ayres, 65, was killed instantly when Khizer Ali, 24, collided head-on with her Vauxhall Meriva, in the crash in Worcestershire that also left her husband David, 70, with life-changing who only had a provisional licence, "recklessly" drove a Volkswagen Golf at 59mph in a 40mph zone, before he lost control and struck the couple's car on the wrong side of Alvechurch Highway on 23 April last year, West Mercia Police defendant, of Farndon Close, Redditch, was sentenced at the town's crown court to 11 years and three months for causing death by dangerous driving. Footage later showed the Golf being driven at 62mph in a 30mph zone, as well as being involved in a near-miss with a car coming in the opposite direction under a railway bridge. Ali sped around a nearby roundabout twice and ignored the designated lanes before he exited on to the Alvechurch Highway at "full throttle", police was then that he "finally lost control of the car and crossed on to the wrong side of the road" and collided with the Ayres' car, the force added. The force of the impact pushed the Meriva into another car behind it, before Ali left the scene. He was later arrested at his home by tribute to Mrs Ayres, her husband said: "Val was the life and soul of the party, we did everything together."My life has been turned upside down, I can't express how much I miss Val and wish the whole thing never happened."Her daughter Lucy added: "Mum was the glue in our family and kept us going."The times we spent together are now some of the most cherished memories I have. "I cannot put into words what this man has taken away." Ali was sentenced on Friday after admitting causing death by dangerous driving, causing serious injury by dangerous driving and causing death by driving a vehicle without a licence or insurance, at an earlier hearing in was also banned from driving for 12 years and six months. Det Con Rose Hughes said: "He should never have been behind the wheel of this car as he did not hold a full driving licence."Ali should never be driving again. Offenders like him have no place on our roads." Follow BBC Hereford & Worcester on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
The Independent
18-05-2025
- The Independent
Learner driver's sister gives ‘lesson' over phone before he kills mother in head-on crash
A learner driver's sister gave him a "lesson" over the phone before he caused a fatal crash that killed a mother in Redditch last April, West Mercia police said. Valerie Ayres, 65, was killed instantly when Khizer Ali, 24, of Farndon Close, Redditch, crashed into her and husband David, aged 70, in their car. Ali only held a provisional license and was not insured to drive the vehicle. He walked away from the scene but was later arrested at his home. Ali was sentenced to 11 years and three months on Friday (16 May). His sister Sanaa Shahzad, 20, also of Farndon Close, pled guilty to two counts of causing or permitting the use of a vehicle without valid insurance or a licence. She will be sentenced in June.
