Driver, 50, who died in crash with horses on M18 named and pictured

Johnny Brown was named locally as the victim of the M18 horror crash on Friday morning (Picture: Facebook)

A man, 50, who died in car crash with horses on the way to work has been named locally

Johnny Brown collided with loose horses on the busy stretch of the M18 near Doncast at 4.44am on Friday morning.

Johnny, a train manager for rail operator East Midlands Railway, was described as a ‘beautiful soul with a contagious smile’.

A Facebook post read: ‘My thoughts are with my railway family at EMR having to deal with ...