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Stephanie Gardiner

Jail time doubled over fatal caravan crash

A man who crashed an overloaded caravan killing his wife and stepson has had his jail time doubled. (Peter Rae/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Stephen Russell recalls the final moments before a crash that killed his wife and stepson: "The caravan started swaying and all I could remember was the tree coming at me."

The 61-year-old was towing an overloaded caravan, filled with fridges, a barbecue, bedding, luggage and a TV, while using it to move his family from Tamworth to Wauchope, on the NSW mid-north coast, on January 3, 2019.

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