UK: Father charged over accident which killed four of his children

A British man has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving after an accident which left four of his children dead, police in the UK said today.

Nigel Gresham, 37, from Witham Drive, Chapel Hill, Lincolnshire, was charged with four counts of causing death by dangerous driving.

Mr Gresham was the driver of a Land Rover which went into the River Witham on September 16 last year after an accident on Witham Bank near Tattershall Bridge, Lincolnshire. Four of his seven children died in the crash.

They were Willow, two, Angel, four, Thor, six, and Keavy, eight.

He was remanded in custody and would appear at Grantham Magistrates Court this afternoon, police said.

Jaswant Kaur Narwal, Chief Crown Prosecutor for Lincolnshire, said: “This is a very sad case and we have spent a great deal of time reviewing the evidence and considering the public interest before making the decision to prosecute.

“It is not a decision which has been taken lightly given the tragic deaths of Mr Gresham’s children and the loss he has suffered as their father.”