Credit: SWNS / Claire Mercer / Aura Flights<br /><br />The widow of a 'keen astronomer' who was killed on a smart motorway has sent his ashes into space.<br /><br />Claire Mercer, who has been campaigning for the roads to be banned since husband Jason's death four years ago, says he would have 'loved' the send off.<br /><br />Jason, 44, died alongside Alexandru Murgeanua, 22, after they were hit by a lorry on a stretch of the M1 which doesn't have a hard shoulder.<br /><br />They had stopped in the left-hand lane to exchange insurance details in June 2019 following a minor collision near Sheffield, South Yorks.<br /><br />Lorry driver Prezemyslaw Zbigniew Szuba was jailed for ten months after admitting two counts of causing death by driving without due care and attention.
