Coroner asks for Crown Prosecution Service to consider 'corporate manslaughter' charge over another 'smart motorway' death
manchestereveningnews.co.ukGet the inside track on the big stories from Manchester courts with our weekly newsletterA coroner investigating the death of a woman on a smart motorway has asked the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to consider whether corporate manslaughter charges are appropriate.Grandmother Nargis Begum, from Sheffield, died on a stretch of the M1 without a hard shoulder in South Yorkshire, near Woodhall Services, in September 2018.The 62-year-old was travelling in a Nissan Qashqai which had broken down.She had left the vehicle to wait for help when another vehicle collided with the Nissan, causing it to plough into her.At a pre-inquest review hearing at Doncaster Coroner’s Court on Thursday (February 11), senior coroner Nicola Mundy said the length of.
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