A speeding drink-driver smashed into a family car on the A1(M) and caused the death of a newly-wed woman.
Kyle Schofield had been out drinking in Durham when he took the fatal decision to take his VW Golf out for a spin when he returned home. The 24-year-old, who was twice the drink-drive limit, was seen driving at speed along the A1(M) in the early hours of May 22 this year before he smashed into the back of a Ford Kuga containing four family members.
Catherine Hamilton, who was a backseat passenger in the Ford, sustained catastrophic injuries and tragically died at Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary on June 18. The 27-year-old, who suffered brain injury and a broken pelvis among other serious injuries, had only been married that April.
