Man killed in 50-car pile-up

AT LEAST one man died and 13 people were seriously injured when 51 vehicles were involved in a series of pile-ups in thick fog on the M1 yesterday. The accidents happened near Alfreton, Derbyshire, after a minor crash forced a lorry to stop in the fast lane. The road between junctions 29 and 28 was closed for four hours while firemen freed people trapped in wreckage.