A lorry driver who killed a nurse by smashing into the back of her stationary car after taking his eyes off the road to get a can of coke out of his bag has been jailed.
Tanya Forrest was driving with her mum in the passenger seat of her Ford Ka on the A189 Spine Road, in Cramlington, Northumberland, when tragedy struck. Tanya had called NHS on 111 on a bluetooth device to order a prescription for mum, Sandra, when the call operator told her to stop somewhere safe to continue the call. But she stopped in the middle of the nearside lane of the dual carriageway.
A number of other cars were able to drive around her but delivery driver Kenneth Wilson had taken his eyes off the road for a crucial six seconds as he fumbled in his bag for a drink. He didn't see the Ford Ka or that other vehicles had driven around it and he smashed into the back of it.
