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Photographs of naked women appeared on the X social media feed of Neil Platt, 43, moments before the horrific crash near junction four of the M58 in Skelmersdale on May 17 last year.
A “heavily distracted” Platt failed to notice stationary traffic ahea…
A HGV driver was “heavily distracted” by pornographic images on his phone immediately before he killed a father-of-two in a motorway crash.Dashcam footage of the fatal collision on 17 May, 2024, shows Neil Platt scrolling on his phone whilst driving do…
Neil Platt, 43, crashed into father-of-two Daniel Aitchison’s car, killing him instantly
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Neil Platt was driving his HGV from Dumfries in Scotland to Liverpool.
An HGV driver has been jailed after he was caught scrolli…
An HGV driver has been jailed for a fatal crash on the M58, after prosecutors proved he had been distracted by looking at pornography on his phone moments before the collision.
Neil Platt, 43, has been jailed for 10 years today at Preston Crown Court f…
A man has died and another motorist was seriously injured in two separate crashes on the same stretch of motorway.
Devon and Cornwall Police said the incidents, which both involved multiple vehicles, happened on the M5 southbound near Willand, Devon o…
Devon and Cornwall Police has issued new details following two serious crashes on the M5[1] yesterday evening (Thursday, September 18).
Emergency services were called to the scene of two crashes on the motorway in Devon yesterday evening.
One man died …
A lorry driver spent 11.5 hours on the road after getting caught between two crashes on the M5 overnight. He was travelling from Bristol to Plymouth[1] but was one of scores of drivers who got stuck for hours after two major crashes closed the M5 overn…
Three cars and a van were involved in a crash that shut part of the southbound M11 near Cambridge.Traffic was held for a time between junction 14, near Girton, and junction 12, near Grantchester, after the collision shortly before 07:30 BST.There were …
A trainee pilot’s mistake caused a helicopter to crash into a field on approach to White Waltham Airfield, an investigator’s report has found.
The helicopter, being flown by the trainee and assisted by an instructor, came down beside the M4 near Hurst …
Firefighters had to remove one person from a vehicle after a crash on the M11[1]. Emergency services are at the scene of a crash[2] on the M11[3] southbound between junction 13 of the A1303 at Madingley Road (Madingley/Cambridge[4]) to junction 12 Gran…