T axi driver who was killed with seven others in M1 horror crash was taking visiting Indian family to start their dream European holiday when 'a drunk lorry driver smashed into their minibus'

The taxi driver who was killed alongside seven others was taking a visiting Indian family to start their dream European holiday when a 'drunk lorry smashed into their minibus' on the M1 at Newport Pagnell in Buckinghamshire on Saturday morning. Last night the minicab driver was named as Cyriac Joseph, a father-of-two from Nottingham and a self-made businessman. He was killed at the scene and his devastated loved ones gathered at his home in shock last night including close frend Manu Zachariah who described him as someone who was 'always there when you need him'.