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Crash that killed Derek Jacobs and Charles Scripps ‘would not have occurred’ had there been a hard shoulder, coroner finds

Derek Jacobs' van was hit by another driver, who had "not been paying attention", an inquest hears.

Derek Jacobs, 83, died when his van was hit by a car on the M1 near Sheffield in March 2019 after he had stopped in the live inside lane and got out of the vehicle following a tyre blow-out.

The collision happened on the M1 near Sheffield in March 2019.

Contractors on the project now expect the planned new motorways to be scrapped

Derek Jacobs, 83, and Charles Scripps, 78, both died after their vehicles collided on a smart motorway in Sheffield. Jean Scripps, who was driving the vehicle that collided with Mr Jacobss van, was said to have been "not paying attention to the road".

Sally Jacobs says Evans was didnt understand the problems created by removing the hard shoulder on motorways. Her husband died in March 2019, stopped by the side of the M1.

A crash that killed two people on a smart motorway would not have happened if there had been a hard shoulder, a coroner has said. Derek Jacobs, 83, died when hi

Pile-up which killed Derek Jacobs and Charles Scripps 'would not have occurred' if there had been a hard shoulder, Susan Evans said

The collision happened on the M1 near Sheffield in March 2019.