A lorry driver has admitted death by careless driving after a mother pushing her toddler in a pram was killed by crane equipment hanging off a lorry trailer. Miller was due to go on trial again today for causing death by dangerous driving but the prosecution accepted an alternative charge of causing death by careless driving. Thomas Butler, who was driving along the road at the time of the collision, told the court he had noticed the unsecured equipment. The maximum sentence for causing death by careless driving is a five-year jail term. A life sentence can be imposed for causing death by dangerous driving.

Source: Daily Mail February 24, 2026 17:34 UTC