Smart motorway system ‘was not working’ on the day of fatal crash

Pulvinder Dhillon (right) died in the crash (left) in 2022 after the incident on a Smart motorway (Picture: Thames Valley Police / London News Pictures)

A ‘dangerous defect’ on a smart motorway system was the ‘overwhelming’ cause of a fatal crash which left a 68-year-old woman dead, a jury has heard.

Barry O’Sullivan was driving his grey Ford Transit Connect work van on March 7 2022 when he collided with a Nissan Micra being driven by Rajpal Dene, causing ‘calamitous’ damage.

The...