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A driver who “nodded off” at the wheel smashed into a broken-down van and trailer on the A1(M) hard shoulder near Wetherby, seriously injuring an 11-year-old boy.

John Paul Bewick had been travelling from Devon up to the north east when he fell asleep behind the wheel of the silver VW Golf, which then ploughed into the back of the trailer near J45.

It happened in the early hours of September 3 last year, and the road was closed for most of the day.

VW Golf driver 'nodded off' and smashed into trailer on A1(M) near Wetherby, seriously injuring young boy