A coroner has asked the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to consider a charge of corporate manslaughter for Highways England following the death of a 62-year-old woman on a stretch of smart motorway.

Highways England should be investigated over possible manslaughter charges after a woman's death on a smart motorway, a coroner has said. Nargis Begum, 62, from Sheffield, was killed after her car ...

SMART MOTORWAY safety concerns could see Highways England face corporate manslaughter charges with a coroner referring the case to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).

Highways England said it did not believe it had committed any offence. Ms Mundy suggested the government-owned company should be referred to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to consider if ...

A coroner investigating a smart motorway death has referred Highways England to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to consider if corporate manslaughter charges are appropriate.