M1 drivers who filmed fatal crash in Northamptonshire prosecuted
PC Tom Williams, from Northamptonshire Police's Roads Policing Team, said: "Filming any road traffic collision when you are driving is not only dangerous, but incredibly thoughtless, so I am pleased to see these people prosecuted."Collisions such as this one change lives forever. They leave families and friends devastated and so it is wholly inappropriate and disrespectful for other road users to film any collision site as they pass."I hope this case demonstrates the seriousness with which we take offences such as this and leads to people making better decisions when passing a road traffic collision in the future."
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