Man charged following fatal motorway collision

A man has been charged in connection with a fatal collision on the M62 motorway.

Niall Yeldham (born 30/12/77) of Valkyrie Road, Wallasey, Merseyside has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving.

He is due before Bury Magistrates' Court on 9 October 2012.

Shortly after 5.10pm on Wednesday 30 May 2012, police were called to junction 20 of the M62 motorway westbound, where officers found that five cars and a large goods vehicle had been involved in a collision.

Ashfaq Ahmed, aged 36 and from the Bradford area, was trapped inside a Proton Persona and had suffered serious injuries.

Ashfaq was treated by paramedics from an air ambulance, but sadly pronounced dead on arrival at hospital.