{"id":432642,"date":"2026-02-18T17:23:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T17:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/432642\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T17:23:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T17:23:09","slug":"van-driver-guilty-over-fatal-m4-smart-motorway-crash-in-berkshire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/432642\/","title":{"rendered":"Van driver guilty over fatal M4 smart motorway crash in Berkshire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The \u00a3814m project to install a 32-mile stretch of smart motorway, between junction 3 at Hayes and junction 12 at Theale in Berkshire, was completed in December 2022. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In April 2023, the Conservative government cancelled plans for all new smart motorways following safety and cost concerns. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A National Highways spokesperson said: &#8220;Any death on our roads is one too many and our thoughts are with the family and friends of Pulvinder Dhillon following this tragic incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;While nothing can ever compensate for their loss, the person responsible has been found guilty of driving carelessly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">O&#8217;Sullivan is due to be sentenced on 24 April. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The \u00a3814m project to install a 32-mile stretch of smart motorway, between junction 3 at Hayes and junction&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":432643,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-432642","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-kingdom","8":"tag-gb","9":"tag-great-britain","10":"tag-greatbritain","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=432642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432642\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/432643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=432642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=432642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=432642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}