Lorry driver held in custody after M25 death crash

A lorry driver appeared in court today charged in connection with the death of a motorist on the M25.

Anton Maizen, 58, from Wixhausen in Germany, appeared at Basildon Magistrates Court charged with death by dangerous driving and two counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving in relation to the incident on Tuesday.
He was remanded in custody to re-appear at Basildon Crown Court on April 12.
The collision happened on the clockwise carriageway of the motorway near Aveley at 12:30pm when four lorries and six cars struck each other.
The driver of a Renault Clio, 79-year-old Ronald Moughton from Lowbrook Road in Ilford, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Clio passenger was the dead man's son, a 58-year-old man, also from Ilford.

He is currently in a stable condition at the Royal London Hospital as is a 47-year-old woman from Basildon who was driving a black Mercedes at the time of the crash.
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Anyone with information in connection with this fatal crash is urged to contact the Serious Collision Investigation Unit on 101 or email collisionappeal@essex.pnn.police.uk.