57 m. ago Revealed: Heartbreaking reasons why Casualty and Holby City actress crashed her car into a nurse while high on cocaine

Amanda Mealing, 57, was said to have been dealing with the traumatic deaths of her father, her best friend and her dog when she took the Class A drug the night before the smash.

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79 m. ago Casualty star Amanda Mealing was high on cocaine when she crashed car into nurse

Amanda Mealing of the hit BBC shows Casualty and Holby City has admitted to drug driving after she collided with and seriously injured a nurse.

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4 h. ago Casualty star Amanda Mealing admits being high on cocaine when she crashed car into nurse

Amanda Mealing, 57, who played cardio thoracic consultant Connie Beauchamp in the hit BBC shows, has admitted drug driving after she collided with a Skoda at 10.14am

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5 h. ago Casualty and Holby City star admits crashing her car into a nurse while high on cocaine at 10.14am and leaving him with serious injuries

Magistrates heard Amanda Mealing, who played cardio thoracic consultant Connie Beauchamp in the hit shows, drifted across a road before colliding with Mark Le Sage 's vehicle as he was on his way to work.

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7 h. ago Evil woman left baby with horror injuries 'seen in car crashes'

“Injuries of this type are those that would usually be expected in a significant road traffic collision. They would have caused this baby substantial pain.”

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7 h. ago Woman in drunk barmaid's car 'begged boyfriend to pull head in from window' before fatal crash

Truman Hub, 22, was killed in the tragedy in Whitley Bay, Tyne & Wear in November 2022 when the Hyundai i10 driven by 25-year-old Karla Dodds collided with a lamppost

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7 h. ago Seven people rushed to hospital after Tesla mounts pavement and ploughs into group of pedestrians in London

Footage shows the aftermath of the crash as the mangled white car sits wrecked outside a Sainsbury's Local store and pedestrians lie sprawled on the pavement.

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9 h. ago Taekwondo world champion, 18, was one of three teens killed in car crash as second victim is pictured for the first time

Taekwondo world champion Simon Evans, 18, Jacob Holeman, 17, and Jenson Bridges, 17, were killed on Friday when an Audi A1 crashed along a country lane in Tong near Shifnal, Shropshire.

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10 h. ago Taekwondo world champion, 18, was one of three teens killed in car crash as family remember 'loving and kind' son

Simon Evans, 18, was killed when an Audi A1 crashed along a country lane in Tong near Shifnal, Shropshire.

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10 h. ago World champion, 18, killed in horror car crash as three teens die in Audi smash

Former Taekwondo world champion Simon Evans, 18, has died alongside two friends, with another teen suffering life changing injuries, after an Audi A1 crashed on a country road in Shropshire

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31 h. ago 'Half my face was incinerated in car crash – I now have features made from my armpit'

Pavel Silivonchik, 37, from Belarus, was badly injured in a car crash and lost half his face but he is delighted with a tattoo he has had made to replace his right eye

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32 h. ago Pensioner 'struck by car seriously injured' in Glasgow city centre as man arrested

A major emergency response was spotted in Glasgow on Tuesday, March 18 at around 9.45am following reports of a crash involving a car and pedestrian.

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35 h. ago Three teenagers die in horror car crash while fourth fights for his life in hospital as police launch appeal over 'Audi, Vauxhall Corsa and VW Golf travelling together'

Emergency services were called after a silver Audi A1 crashed on Offoxey Road, in Tong, near Shifnal, Shropshire, at around 11.15pm on Friday.

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36 h. ago Boozing barmaid filled car with 7 people before hitting lamppost and killing pal

Karla Dodds had seven friends in her Hyuandai i10 on the way to a house party, despite being "well over" the drink-driving limit, when the car crashed and saw one passenger tragically die

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36 h. ago Drunk barmaid's small car 'was overloaded with SEVEN people including one in boot before passenger who was hanging out of window was killed when she crashed into lamppost'

Karla Dodds, 25, offered to take the group to a house party in her Hyundai i10, with four seated in the back and one 'reluctantly' climbing into the hatchback's boot, jurors were told.

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37 h. ago Drunk barmaid had seven people in her car when she killed passenger in crash before fleeing

Karla Dodds was "well over" the drink-drive limit when she said she would take six friends to a house party in her Hyundai i10, a court heard

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49 h. ago Drunk barmaid's small car was 'overloaded with seven people' before horror fatal crash

Truman Hub, 22, died in 2022 in North Tyneside while a passenger of Karla Dodds' 'overloaded' car after it hit a lamppost and flipped over on the way to a house party

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54 h. ago Football Daily | A final that meant more to Newcastle and their camera

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!Considering how long it took them to finally get their hands on some domestic silverware after a 70-year pause, in the end it was remarkably easy for Newcastle United. While the supercilious slogan “this means more” is more readily associated with Liverpool Football Club, prevailing in Fizzy Cup on Sunday clearly meant an awful lot more to Eddie Howe, his players and the travelling Toon Army. Yes, they finally rid their club of the giant baboon on its back on an afternoon when the ever present and significantly larger and autocratic elephant in the room went largely unaddressed.People have always doubted me. My mental strength is something that I’ve always believed in. This is just another setback and it is not going to stop me” – West Ham striker Michail Antonio is staying positive after the horrendous car crash that left him with a shattered femur and says he is “100%” sure he will play again.Thomas Tuchel reminds Colin Reed (lett...

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54 h. ago Trial date set as man accused of causing woman's death by dangerous driving

Sophie Brimble, aged 20, died at the scene of a car crash in 2017

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56 h. ago Teen driver who killed three friends, aged 16 and 17, in horror Ford Fiesta crash on the way home from school faces years in prison

Edward Spencer, 18, was driving from Chipping Camden School, near Shipston, Warwickshire, last year when his Ford Fiesta crashed into another car.

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