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Mark Naylor & Neil Shaw

Drunk paramedic's obsession with colleague saw him kill cyclist in 80mph crash

A drunk paramedic who was obsessed with a female colleague was so determined to go to a barbecue at her house he grabbed his dad's 4x4 keys and sped there at 80mph - before veering onto the other side of the road while reaching for his phone and crashing into a cyclist, causing fatal injuries.

Robert Woodruff had drunk 10pints of Guinness in a pub crawl before jumping into the car and making repeated calls in a bid to get hold of the colleague he was obsessessed with - to tell her he was coming to her party whether he was invited or not. Married Woodruff, 36, swerved along the country road and tailgated a car so slsely the driver in front could not see the registration plate.

Dad-of-five Richard Goodwin was cycling on the same road heading home, reports HullLive.

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