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Lucinda Cameron

Father handed six-year prison term for fatal crash during ‘cocaine comedown’

Yvonne Nichol died following the crash in August 2023 (Police Scotland/PA) -

A father who caused a woman’s death by driving dangerously after taking cocaine has been jailed for six years.

Christopher Lynn crashed into a car driven by Yvonne Nichol on the A7 in the Scottish Borders, causing it to swerve on to the opposite carriageway and collide with an oncoming car.

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