A BUS passenger and lorry driver who died following a crash on the M5 on Saturday have been named.
Lorry driver William Mapstone, aged 65, from Wells in Somerset, died shortly after 9pm on Saturday at a Birmingham hospital.
Bus passenger Liaquat Ali, 35, a father-of-three from Smethwick was confirmed dead at the scene of the crash, which happened in the early hours of Saturday when the lorry collided with the single-decker bus near junction three of the M5 at Halesowen.
The driver of the bus, which was reported to have broken down amid thick fog in a "live" lane of the M5 near Frankley Services, remains on bail after being arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving following the crash, West Midlands Police said today.
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