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Neil Platt, 43, crashed into father-of-two Daniel Aitchison’s car, killing him instantly
19:34, 19 Sep 2025
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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…
Neil Platt was described as a “multi-tonne accident waiting to happen”
Cheryl Mullin and Kim Pilling
19:11, 19 Sep 2025Updated 19:18, 19 Sep 2025
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Neil Platt’s lorry smashed into Danny Aitchison car at 54mph, after Platt had been distrac…
Neil Platt, 43, was looking at porn on his mobile phone while driving an HGV on the M58 in Skelmersdale before crashing into a car belonging to Danny Aitchison, who was tragically killed
20:13, 19 Sep 2025Updated 20:21, 19 Sep 2025
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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…
It happened on the A168 near Dishforth Airfield, just off the A1(M) around 7.15am on Friday (September 19).
A red Fiat 500 car, a John Deere tractor, and a white HGV milk tanker were involved. The driver of the Fiat, a 70-year-old man from Malton, was …
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…
A lorry ended up on its side in a field following a crash in the early hours of this morning.Firefighters from Bentham and Hornby Fire Stations near Lancaster[1] were called to the scene of the incident on the A65 in Ingleton, just over the Lancashire[…
Ian Steele, of Kilnway, Wellingborough, pleaded guilty to one count each of driving wit a proportion of a specified drug over the legal limit and of causing serious injury by careless or inconsiderate driving.
Though he initially denied the charges and…
The crash was reported at 9.57am on September 9 and involved a grey Volkswagen Golf, a Scania HGV, and a blue Volkswagen Caddy panel van.
John Toynbee, 65, of Cockermouth, was the driver of the Volkswagen Golf and was pronounced dead at the scene of …
A man who died in a three-vehicle collision on the A66 has been named.The collision between Bridgefoot and Broughton Cross was reported at 9:57am on September 9 and involved a grey Volkswagen Golf, a Scania HGV and a blue Volkswagen Caddy panel van.Joh…