Man charged in connection with fatal collision in Huyton

He's due in court today (Saturday)

Author: Matt MaddrenPublished 8th Aug 2026
Last updated 8th Aug 2026

A man has been charged following a fatal road traffic collision in Huyton which killed four people last month.

In the early hours of Friday 24 July, a black Cupra Formentor had collided with a lamppost on East Prescot Road.

Emergency services attended but sadly four men died at the scene – Jack Diggle, 23, Benjamin Dooley, 23, Andrew Roberts, 24, and Craig Shackleton-Brady, 26.

James Diggle, 27 years of Alundale Road in West Derby, has been charged with four counts of aiding and abetting causing death by dangerous driving.

He will appear at Liverpool Magistrates Court tomorrow, Saturday 8 August.

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