M5 crash inquest: Drivers describe wall of fog and smell of…
Witnesses to one of the worst British motorway pile-ups described smelling gunpowder and seeing a wall of thick fog moments before the fatal crash, an inquest heard yesterday.Other motorists told how they hit what they described as “emulsion” and a “white curtain” as they drove along the M5 near Taunton, in Somerset, on the night of November 4, 2011.Seven people died and 51 were injured in the crash, which happened close to Junction 25 of the motorway.A series of collisions,…