Parents’ pain after ‘adored’ girl killed in crash

The father of a six-year-old girl says his "life is ruined" after his daughter was hit and killed by a truck.

Millie Gribble had just stepped off a bus when she was hit by the truck which had mounted a grass verge on the A6 Garstang Road in Bilsborrow, Lancashire, in August 2023.

Stephen Worden, 61, of Cartmell Lane, Nateby, was jailed for 12 months on Tuesday after admitting causing her death by careless driving at Preston Crown Court.

"Millie was my heartbeat, my world, my reason to improve my life in every way.

The pain and the heartbreak of losing Millie cannot be put into words, but I will do my best," Millie's father, Joseph Gribble, added.