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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
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Mark Naylor & Gregory Ford & Patrick Edrich

Cyclist killed by drunk paramedic identified through 'DNA from toothbrush'

The family of a cyclist killed by a drunk paramedic revealed police had to use DNA from his toothbrush to confirm his identity.

Richard Goodwin was killed when off-duty paramedic Robert Woodruff ploughed into him after downing 10 pints in a pub crawl. Woodruff, 36, was speeding towards the house of a female colleague he had developed a bizarre obsession with when he hit Mr Goodwin on June 26 last year.

Woodruff had bombarded the woman with phone calls in the minutes before he ploughed into the dad-of-five on the A1033 between Withernsea and Ottringham. HullLive reported the children of Mr Goodwin, 56, a property developer and former bank manager, have paid an emotional tribute to their dad.

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