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Telford lorry driver charged after death of woman

A lorry driver from Telford is set to appear in court charged with the death of a woman following an accident in Essex.

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Telford's Anthony Cheshire, 62 and Tammy Langton, 32, of Blackheath, have both been charged over the death of Laura Cooper in March last year.

Ms Cooper, 34, from Leicestershire, died on April 2 2016 after a car and a lorry crashed on the M25 outside Waltham Abbey on March 29 last year.

A 17-year-old from London was also injured in the crash.

The pair will appear at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court on April 12. Both have been charged with causing death by dangerous driving.

Langton was also charged with causing death by careless driving with a proportion of a controlled drug over the specified limit.