A lorry driver who crashed, causing a major chemical spillage which brought part of the M25 to a standstill for ten hours on Saturday , was today fined £320 and ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £32
The fine and surcharge were imposed on 43-year-old Bulgarian, Vasil Vasilev, who pleaded guilty at Chelmsford Magistrates Court to using a vehicle which was dangerous because of its weight or the distribution of its load.
A charge of using a vehicle with an insecure load was dropped.
The court was told that the lorry crashed into the central reservation of the clockwise carriageway near Theydon Bois and justafter the Bell Common Tunnel between Junctions 26 and 27 shortly before 5am.
The collision forced several containers to fall off the lorry and then led to the spillage of approximately 3,000 litres of chemical fluid on the road,leaving police with no option other than to close the carriageway for safety reasons.
It was reopened at 3pm.
