Coach driver charged over M25 crash

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Philip Rooney, 48, from Lanarkshire, Scotland, has been charged with three counts of causing death by dangerous driving.

Special caseworker lawyer Denis Burke from the Crown Prosecution Service said: "After months of careful consideration, I have decided that there is sufficient evidence against Mr Rooney for there to be a realistic prospect of a conviction.

"As such, I have authorised the police to charge Mr Rooney with three counts of causing death by dangerous driving contrary to section 1 of the Road Traffic Act 1988."

The National Express coach, which was travelling from Heathrow Airport to Scotland following the Christmas break, crashed on the slip road of the M4/M25 on January 3.

Two people died shortly after the collision and a third person died this month.

Rooney has been released on bail and will appear at Reading Magistrates' Court next Tuesday.