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M60 crash 'careless'
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II Warrington driver Michael Turner, who killed a motorist after swerving to avoid a broken down truck on the hard shoulder of the M60, has been acquitted of causing death by dangerous driving.
Instead a jury at Manchester Crown Court found him guilty of careless driving. He was fined 11,500 and banned from driving for six months.
The court heard how Turner swerved violently to avoid the stationary vehicle which he spotted at the last minute on the hard shoulder at Barton Bridge. The wheels on his Mercedes tractor locked and he skidded across all six lanes of the busy motorway.
His truck ploughed into the central reservation, crashing Into a VW Golf before hitting a Ford escort and smasi through the crash barri Turner's truck was left teet ing over the edge of a bri 29m above the Manche! Ship Canal. The force of first impact spun the VW I through 1110`: its driver, Sb Pennington, died in hosi three days later. The drive the Ford Escort escaped minor injuries.
Evidence was given police officers that the I ken-down Volvo was enough to protrude into first lane. They believed Tui should have seen the trai from 1.300m away, giving plenty of time to pass it sa if he had been looking prop The judge said: "The pen will in no way match up the consequences of your driving that day."