Man charged following fatal five-vehicle crash in Peterborough

A man's been charged after a fatal five-vehicle collision on the Nene Parkway in Peterborough.

55-year-old Mindaugas Borisas, of no fixed address, has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving.

He appeared in Cambridge Magistrates’ Court at 9.30am on Friday morning (1st August).

A Mercedes lorry travelling southbound was involved in a collision with a black Skoda Octavia, a red DAF lorry, blue Kia Ce’ed and black Mercedes Vito van, at about 4.25pm on Wednesday (30th July), near Stibbington.

Officers and paramedics attended but the driver of the Skoda Octavia, a man in his 70s from the Cambridge area, was pronounced dead at the scene.

There were no other injuries.

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