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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Kieran Isgin

Uninsured driver fled scene M61 crash - leaving 12-year-old girl dying in the road

An uninsured driver who fled the scene of crash on the M61 - leaving a 12-year-old girl dying in the road - has been jailed for 18 months.

Hannah Jones, 26, of Bankfield Court, Mirfield, was sentenced at Preston Crown Court on Wednesday (March 15) after pleading guilty to causing death by careless driving and perverting the course of justice.

Safeer Isqbal, 32, of Lees Holm, Dewsbury, who was in the car with Jones, has been sentenced to eight months in prison after admitting to perverting the course of justice during an earlier plea hearing.

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