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Truck driver Amala Paulson given three-year prison term over fatal collision with Horsham cyclist Liam Batson

Paulson was convicted in Horsham County Court in March 2023. (ABC Wimmera:Alexander Darling)

A South Australian driver who caused the death of a Victorian cyclist has been sentenced to three years and four months in jail with a non-parole period of 20 months. 

In December 2019, Amala Paulson's B-double truck struck the bicycle of 24-year-old Liam Batson on a stretch of the Western Highway and the Horsham father of two died at the scene.

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