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Names of three dead in pile-up released

9:23am Tuesday 4th September 2001


POLICE have released the identities of the victims killed in an horrific crash on the M11.

Martin Dawson, 41, of Rowden Road, Beckenham, along with daughter Laura, 13, and son Robert, nine, both of The Grove, West Wickham, were killed in the seven-vehicle crash.

They were all travelling in a red Vauxhall Astra when the tragedy struck on August 25.

German lorry driver Egon Boerner, 47, of Schmalcalden, has since appeared before Harlow Magistrates' Court charged with four counts of causing death by dangerous driving.

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