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Littlehampton man pleads guilty to causing fatal collision on M27

Tuesday, 10 December 2024 06:00

A man from Littlehampton has pleaded guilty to causing the death of a lorry driver following a fatal collision on the M27 earlier this year.

Shortly after 12.30pm on Wednesday, 21^st of February, police received reports of a serious multi-vehicle collision at junction five of the M27.

The collision involved a Mercedes lorry, Nissan Juke and Volkswagen Polo.

The driver of the lorry, a 36-year-old man from Salisbury, Wiltshire, was pronounced dead at the scene.

38-year-old - Ross Alex Neiland will be sentenced at Southampton Crown Court in January.

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