Trucker guilty of M58 smash deaths
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Leon David Stott, 34, of St David’s Road, Leyland, has admitted causing death by dangerous driving and two counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
Margaret Harrison, 91, died following an accident involving a Mercedes Rigid HGV driven by Stott on January 8 last year on the M58 at Skelmersdale, and victims David Collier and Craig Howroyd suffered injuries.
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Hide AdThe accident happened in queuing traffic which built up after an earlier tragic crash in which 14-year-old Joe Cairns, from Radcliffe, near Bury, and his 50-year-old teacher Ann Kerr died.
Judge Simon Medland QC granted bail, imposed an interim disqualification, and adjourned his sentence to September 24.