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Pat Hurst

‘Distracted’ dentist avoids jail after killing cycling pensioner

A “distracted” dentist who was told while she was driving that her father was dying, and then ploughed through a road junction killing a pensioner, has avoided a jail sentence.

Lucinda Collins was on a hands-free call with her mother while behind the wheel of her BMW taking her three-year-old daughter to a play date, Chester Crown Court heard.

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