A MAN will appear in court today charged with causing death by dangerous driving relating to a fatal collision on the M62 in 2021.
It was reported that a Black Audi A3 had collided with the central reservation between junctions 7 and 8 (Manchester bound) at about 11.35pm on Friday, September 24, 2021.
There was a subsequent collision involving a Silver Mercedes SUV.
Merseyside Police, North West Motorway Patrol Group, Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service and the North West Ambulance Service attended the scene.
A 35-year-old woman driver of the Audi was treated by paramedics at the scene, but died as a result of the injuries she sustained.
Her family has been supported by specially trained officers throughout this case and ask for their privacy to be maintained.
As part of a complex investigation by Merseyside Police’s Matrix Serious Collision Investigation Unit, Gary Toomey, 36, of Hollin Hey Road, Bolton, Greater Manchester has now been charged with Cause death by dangerous driving.
Toomey will appear later today (Friday, March 22) at Liverpool, Knowsley and St Helens Magistrates’ Court.
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