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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
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Wesley Holmes

'Cowardly' M6 driver sped into dad to be at 128mph

A man who left a dad to be to die after crashing into him at 128mph on the M6 has been jailed.

John Yates , 28, from North Wales, was driving at high speed through temporary roadworks when he crashed into Christopher Smith, 41, at around 12.30am on November 15 2022, on the M6 northbound between Lymm and Thelwall.

He appeared at Chester Crown Court today, January 20, where he pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving and failing to provide a specimen.

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