Devastated Lauren James, 29, stumbled across the immediate aftermath of the crash whilst out looking for engineer Louis McGovern. Kurt Sammon, 54, had jumped a red light whilst fielding an incoming call on his handsfree device and smashed into him. Prosecutor Robert Hall said Sammon may have been "distracted" by using his phone, with call data showing he received calls during the journey. "There is no dispute he had been using his mobile phone but he says he was using the phone on handsfree," he said. "You were grossly distracted at the time and you had driven a significant distance whilst using a phone and using WhatsApp.

Source: Daily Mirror June 02, 2021 15:06 UTC