A campaigner who lost her husband in a crash on a smart motorway has revealed her horror at a near miss on the M3.
Claire Mercer runs the Smart Motorways Kill campaign, which is fighting to force the government to scrap its plan to convert motorways across the country.
The new motorways do not have any hard shoulder, which means drivers who break down have to rely on being spotted on camera.
The “live lane” is then closed for them to be rescued.
The crash on the M3 between junction three for Lightwater/Bagshot and junction two for the M25 happened on Wednesday, May 27.
While the exact circumstances are not known, it was caused by a lorry hitting another vehicle which had broken down in one of the live lanes.
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