A motorist who said she suffered a dizzy spell at the wheel has been found guilty of causing the death of a Nottingham Trent University student Hope Starsmore by careless driving. Rebecca Porter, 34, hit the Toyota Yaris being driven by Hope, 20, after swerving violently onto the wrong side of the road on the A158 at Burgh le Marsh, near Skegness.
Hope, from Skegness, had just started a course in medical science and was making only her second trip to Nottingham Trent University. The undergraduate, who was travelling with her boyfriend and brother, was airlifted to hospital in Hull but died from her injuries a week after the collision on October 7, 2020.
A jury at Lincoln Crown Court cleared Porter of causing Hope's death by dangerous driving on Friday (April 21). But the eleven jurors returned a unanimous guilty verdict on the second charge of causing Hope's death by careless driving.
