Man charged following fatal collision on A303
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A man has been charged following a fatal road traffic collision on the A303 near Andover last year in which three people died.
Michal Kopaniarz, 39, has been charged with three counts of causing death by dangerous driving and one count of perverting the course of justice, in relation to the incident which occurred just after 8.40am on 25 August 2021.
The collision involved a Vauxhall Astra, a Mercedes food delivery van, a HGV and a DAF recovery truck.
Sadly, Alex Britton, 28, from Fifth Avenue, Portsmouth, Tina Ince, 58, from Lydgate Road, Southampton, and Tom Watson, 30, from Cheriton Avenue, Southampton, all from separate vehicles, were pronounced dead at the scene.
Kopaniarz, of Park Road in Donnington, Shropshire, has been remanded in custody and will appear at Basingstoke Magistrates Court today (Thursday 15 December).