The Russian captain of a cargo ship involved in Monday's crash with a tanker in the North Sea off the coast of England was charged Friday with gross negligence manslaughter, UK police said. The captain was arrested Monday after his ship,

British police said Friday the Russian captain of a cargo ship that collided with a U.S. tanker has been charged over the death of a crew member, who is missing and presumed dead. Vladimir Motin, who was the master of the Portugal-flagged cargo vessel Solong,

Vladimir Motin was captain of a cargo ship that hit a tanker, carrying jet fuel for the US military, off England in the North Sea at close to full speed this week.