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A lorry has had to be hauled out of a field after a smash between three HGVs and a coach shut the A50. The eastbound carriageway between Blythe Bridge[1] and Uttoxeter[2] remains closed this morning – more than 10 hours since the smash.
Police were cal…
London[1] commuters battled to work through snow[2] on Tuesday morning as cold weather grips the UK.A heavy flurry of snow fell in the capital as health chiefs issued a cold weather alert for the city and much of the rest of the country. Mayor Sadiq Kh…
Crews from Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service [1]were called to the incident on the M6 at junction 13.
It came after a station manager had spotted the incident while on his way to work where the trailer, which contained five bulls, had overturned.
F…
A schoolgirl was injured after being hit by a car in a Tamworth[1] street. The incident took place in Quarry Hill in Wilnecote on Friday (November 8).
The 15-year-old girl was a pedestrian, who is believed to have just finished school, when she was the…
A motorcyclist was killed in a crash after coming off his bike in an earlier collision. The victim, a man in his 20s, was fatally struck by a Scania HGV which also hit a Vauxhall.It happened on the A5 in Tamworth[1] after the Yamaha bike had collided w…
Police[1] have launched an investigation after a biker died following a ‘series of collisions’ on a busy Staffordshire road. Emergency services – including two ambulances – were sent to the A5 in Tamworth last night where the dual-carriageway was shut …
A LORRY driver who killed a husband and wife in a horror road smash has walked free from court.
David Scott, 33, failed to spot Mohammed and Shamim Rashid as they sat in queuing traffic on a slip road near Bellshill, Lanarkshire[1].
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Crash victim Shamim Rashid passed away following the collision in August 2022
His road sweeper ploughed into the back of their BMW 1 Series[2] which was then forced forward and collided with another car.
Emergency services[3] raced to the scene on the A725 in August 2022 and the Rashids, of Bellshill, were rushed to the Queen[4] Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow[5] for treatment.
Shamim, 66, died hours after arriving at hospital while Mohammed, 70, passed away from his injuries two weeks later.
Scott, of Blackwood, Lanarkshire, appeared at Hamilton Sheriff Court and admitted causing death by careless driving.
“Data recovered showed that 4.5 seconds before the first recorded impact, the BMW[6] began braking and was deemed to have stopped two seconds before the first recorded impact.
“David Scott was travelling behind the Rashid’s and failed to react to the traffic in front of him and collided with the rear of the BMW driven by Shamim Rashid which collided with the vehicle driven by Mr Bisset.”
She added: “The road traffic collision was the cause of the deaths of Mr and Mrs Rashid.”
The court was told Scott returned negative tests for alcohol and drugs.
John Scullion KC, defending, said: “Nothing said on Mr Scott’s behalf could ever alleviate the pain and suffering the family have had to endure since August 2022 and continue to suffer.
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David Scott walked free asked killing a husband and wife in a horror crash
“He hopes that they might find some solace in his acceptance of responsibility for the collision and since the day of the collision he has displayed remorse which is both genuine and profound.”
Scullion said Scott had shown a level of remorse he had ‘rarely seen’ and urged the sheriff to impose a direct alternative to custody for the incident which he claimed had been caused by ‘momentary inattention’.
Sheriff Speir said he had read ‘heart-wrenching’ victim impact statements from the couple’s daughters.
He added: “I’m unable to agree that the collision was caused by momentary inattention rather there were significant shortcomings in the standard of your driving.
“I’m persuaded that there is an appropriate way of dealing with you without a custodial sentence but it should not take away from the serious impact that your driving has caused.”
A van was spotted ‘driving erratically’ on the M6 through North Staffordshire. And three police cars were involved in the stop overnight.
Now the force has confirmed the driver has been arrested. Staffordshire Police’s[1] road crime team say the vehicl…
Nineteen-year-old Freya Theobold was travelling in a car with a work colleague when it was allegedly struck by a stolen car which was being pursued by police on September 30.
The collision happened on the A449 Stafford Road[1] at the junction with Whea…
A woman was taken to hospital after a two-vehicle crash on the A500. Emergency services were sent to the D-road following the smash near to the Stoke[1] and Fenton[2] turning shortly before 1pm today (September 25).
Staffordshire Police have confirmed …