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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Adam Maidment

'He will never know the heartache he has caused': Family of 86-year-old man who died after car crash speak out as driver jailed

The family of an 86-year-old man who died in a car crash have paid tribute after a driver pleaded guilty to death by dangerous driving.

Roy Jones was involved in a crash with another vehicle on Belmont Way in Stockport, at the junction of Short Street, at around 11.48pm on August 27, 2021. Roy, a stage performer known locally as Steve Russell and the ‘Singing Milkman’, was driving home after performing at The Moor Club in Heaton Moor.

He was taken to hospital following the incident, but died from his injuries almost two months later on October 16. Jack Lomas, 28, of Warbeck Close in Stockport, pleaded guilty to death by dangerous driving and causing serious injury by dangerous driving.

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