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Drug driver already disqualified from driving sentenced to eight months in prison for hitting cyclist who was thrown eight feet in the air, leaving him with fractured skull and spine

The driver admitted to using heroin on the day of the collision and had no licence or insurance, and had already been convicted of drink-driving, failing to stop, and driving without due care and attention

Wed, Nov 20, 2024 17:32

Island Brow, St Helens; Inset: Anya Foster

“Selfish and reckless” drug driver jailed after killing cyclist while speeding and five times over cocaine limit, before “fleeing and weaving web of lies”

The cyclist, wearing a hi-vis jacket and with lights on his bike, was left for dead on the road with “catastrophic” injuries, with subsequent blood tests confirming the presence of both cocaine and THC (from cannabis) in the driver’s blood

Thu, Nov 07, 2024 13:30

Charity cyclists killed in collision with drug driver (Make-A-Wish Michigan)

Drug driver who killed two charity cyclists jailed for 70 years – despite insisting head-on crash was “a horrific accident”

“This is not an accident. There was a series of intentional decisions you made to ingest this cocktail of narcotics and that led to everything we saw,” the judge told motorist Mandy Benn

Thu, Dec 14, 2023 19:23

Five years in prison and 10-year road ban for hit-and-run drink driver who had also smoked cannabis before leaving cyclist for dead with a severed foot

The cyclist, an experienced and highly respected garda, suffered life changing injuries which have left him prone to lung infections, but is still keen to continue working in the force

Sat, Nov 25, 2023 16:09

Truck driver jailed for two years was above cannabis limit when he killed cyclist

Nurse James Harrison was cycling to a shift on an intensive care unit during the Covid pandemic when he was hit and killed

Fri, Oct 06, 2023 11:20

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Drug driver who almost hit cyclist during 87mph police chase avoids jail

In a second incident two weeks later Mark Fagan led officers on a 99mph chase, crashed and failed a drugs test — yet the judge was persuaded by the offender's positive progress to give "the chance of a lifetime"

Sat, Nov 19, 2022 15:06

Unlicensed HGV driver jailed for eight years for killing cyclist while under the influence of cocaine

Robert Whiting's provisional licence expired in 2002 and the tipper truck driver tested positive for cocaine after he killed mum-of-two Dr Ling Felce in Oxford in March

Sat, Sep 10, 2022 10:43

Drug driver seen speeding at 80mph before hitting cyclist sentenced to 30 months in prison

Fleeing the scene John Sinclair tried to force his way into a passing car before he was tackled by a member of the public

Sat, Jan 15, 2022 11:18