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Man charged over M6 family deaths | Man charged over M6 family deaths |
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A Portuguese lorry driver has been charged with six counts of causing death by dangerous driving after a family was killed on the M6 motorway. | |
Chef David Statham, 38, wife Michelle, 33, and children Reece, 13, Jay, nine, Mason, 20 months, and 10-week-old Ellouise died in Cheshire on Monday. | Chef David Statham, 38, wife Michelle, 33, and children Reece, 13, Jay, nine, Mason, 20 months, and 10-week-old Ellouise died in Cheshire on Monday. |
The six, from Llandudno, had visited family in Birmingham before the crash involving three lorries and two cars. | The six, from Llandudno, had visited family in Birmingham before the crash involving three lorries and two cars. |
Paulo Jorge Nogueira da Silva, 46, was charged by Cheshire Police on Thursday. | Paulo Jorge Nogueira da Silva, 46, was charged by Cheshire Police on Thursday. |
The family were killed between junctions 16 and 17 of the northbound M6. | The family were killed between junctions 16 and 17 of the northbound M6. |
'Childhood sweethearts' | 'Childhood sweethearts' |
Mr Da Silva, of Calle Romero, Tutana, Murcia, in Spain, is due to appear before magistrates in Crewe later. | Mr Da Silva, of Calle Romero, Tutana, Murcia, in Spain, is due to appear before magistrates in Crewe later. |
Mr Statham worked as a chef at St David's College in Llandudno. | Mr Statham worked as a chef at St David's College in Llandudno. |
Mrs Statham's family said she and her husband were childhood sweethearts who had been together for 19 years. | Mrs Statham's family said she and her husband were childhood sweethearts who had been together for 19 years. |
Tributes poured in for the family, who moved to North Wales from Birmingham four years ago, after news of the crash broke. | |
The Mayor of Llandudno said a memorial service would be held for them if that was what relatives wanted. | |
The northbound stretch of the M6 between junctions 16, at Stoke-on-Trent, and 17, for Sandbach, was closed for several hours after the incident. |