Ryszard Masierak, aged 31, of Barnards Close, Evesham, Worcestershire, appeared at High Wycombe Magistrates’ Court today (28/8).
He has been remanded and will next appear at Aylesbury Crown Court on 26 September 2017.
Masierak was charged yesterday (27/8) with eight counts of causing death by dangerous driving, four counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving and eight counts of causing death by careless driving while over the prescribed limit.
David Wagstaff, aged 53, of Derwent Street, Stoke-on-Trent, was also charged yesterday with eight counts of causing death by dangerous driving and four counts causing serious injury by dangerous driving. He will appear at Milton Keynes Magistrates’ Court on Monday 11 September.
The charges are in connection with a collision on the M1 shortly before 3.15am on Saturday (26/8), in which six men and two women died.
The condition of the four people in hospital remains the same. The haulage companies involved have been fully cooperating with the investigation.
