Eight people are dead after a crash involving a minibus and two trucks on a motorway in England. Six men and two women were killed in the crash on the M1 near Milton Keynes, BBC reports. All of those who died were travelling in the minibus, which was from the Nottingham area. The two lorry drivers have been arrested, one of them on suspicion of driving while over the alcohol limit. Both men are being questioned on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and are in police custody.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 27, 2017 01:18 UTC