A driver who was sending Whatsapp messages moments before he crashed his speeding Merseyrail train has avoided jail.
Phillip Hollis sent a friend a message moments before realising his Kirkby-bound service was travelling at almost three times the speed limit of the entrance to the station on March 13 last year.
He hit the emergency brake shortly before reaching the platform but the train crashed through barriers at the station with 12 passengers and a guard on board.
