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The Pile-Up: Death on the Motorway

The Pile-Up: Death on the Motorway

2025•1h 7m
Documentary

A forensic analysis of one of the worst motorway crashes in UK history, on the M5 in 2011.

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Production

Boom Cymru

Language

EN

Status

Released

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Cast

Nimmy March

Nimmy March

Self - Narrator (voice)

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