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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Leon Riccio & Graeme Murray

Carer fell asleep at wheel and crashed killing his elderly mum sitting next to him

A carer has avoided jail after falling asleep at the wheel and crashing his car, killing his elderly mother in the passenger seat.

Mark Harrison stood before the judge beside a packed public gallery where his four brothers and extended family watched on, following his mother's tragic death.

The courtroom heard how the now-53-year-old had been driving through country lanes with his 90-year-old mother Olive Harrison when he hit a BMW head-on, leading to the discovery that he had drifted onto the wrong side of the road.

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