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News: Court told that death crash driver was fiddling with satnav
A court has been told that driver Victoria McClure, 38, was fiddling with her satnav in the moments before she collided with a cyclist.
The accident, which occurred on a straight strict of the A4, near Twyford in Berkshire, killed Anthony Wilson. Mrs McClure admitted causing death by careless driving but denies the more serious charge of causing death by dangerous driving.
A jury, sitting at Reading Crown Court, was told that she had been using the zoom function on the car’s built-in satellite navigation system. Evidence from witnesses and measurements at the scene suggest that Mrs McClue had more than 18 seconds in which to see Mr Wilson, and to take avoiding action.
Matthew Walsh, prosecuting, said that the evidence indicates she was effectively driving blind for that period of time and that her admission of causing death by careless driving did not go far enough, it was dangerous driving.
The trial is expected to last three days.
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Posted on Thursday, July 25 @ 04:45:51 UTC by Darren Griffin |
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