Driver who killed four was talking on mobile phone

A driver who killed four members of a family after he U-turned on a motorway and hit them head-on was talking on his hands-free phone at the time. Mariusz Adamski, 24, was driving in the wrong direction on the M1 near Luton when his car ploughed into a Jaguar driven by Lakhdip Nagra, 27, a consultant for top financial firm Deloitte.

Yesterday, his mother Krystina Adamska, who lives in Poland, said her son appeared to have become confused while using his satellite navigation system on Saturday night.Describing the moments before his death, Mrs Adamska said: 'He called me before midnight. He was driving home and talking on his hands-free.