A MAN has been charged in connection with a fatal crash on the M4 that claimed the lives of three people.

On Monday, June 9, June, 37-year-old James Vernon Stark and 35-year-old Steven Sheldon, both from Rhondda Cynon Taf, and 36-year-old Martin Williams, from Trecynon, all died in the crash, which happened close to junction 17.

On Tuesday, 38-year-old Stephen Parry Jenkins, of Park View Terrace, Abercwmboi, was charged with three counts of causing death by careless driving.

He was released on bail to appear at Chippenham Magistrates Court on Thursday, November 13.