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ABC News
ABC News
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by court reporter Kristian Silva

Tony Page jailed over death of pedestrian Alan Williams, aged 75, at Melbourne intersection

Alan Williams had just moved to the area and was out for a Sunday morning stroll when he was killed. (Alfred Hospital)

While stopped at a traffic light on a busy Melbourne road, Tony Page made a split-second decision that had tragic and catastrophic consequences.

Page, then 69, noticed his passenger-side mirror was folded in so he unbuckled his seatbelt and reached across to fix it. But Page had failed to put the car's transmission into park or apply the handbrake.

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