The mother of a child killed when stranded in a car on a smart motorway has criticised Highways England for still not having adequate technology to spot broken down cars on busy routes and close lanes to traffic.
Dev Naran, eight, died instantly in May 2018 when a lorry smashed into his grandfather’s stationary vehicle on an M6 hard shoulder opened to cars.
The coroner at his inquest wrote to the government owned company demanding it explain what more could be done to prevent future deaths of motorists that need to stop when there is no hard shoulder.
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