6 h. ago Lorry driver killed heavily pregnant nurse after becoming distracted for 'seven seconds'

Trevor Norgate, 58, has been slapped with a two-year jail term after causing death by dangerous driving. He crashed into a pregnant nurse who had stopped in the hard shoulder

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9 h. ago Lorry driver who killed heavily pregnant nurse in horror M8 crash jailed

Trevor Norgate was driving an HGV when it veered off the motorway just west of Hermiston Gait and into the hard shoulder where 41-year-old Evelyn Brown had stopped her car.

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35 h. ago Man who strangled partner to death and said it was 'sex gone wrong' to be sentenced

Alcwyn Thomas killed Victoria 'Vicki' Thomas after drinking heavily and taking cocaine but had denied murder saying the pair regularly enjoyed adventurous intercourse including strangulation.

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35 h. ago 'What gave you the right to stop her heart beating?' Killer gets life as he faces grieving mum's powerful words

Alcwyn Thomas killed Victoria 'Vicki' Thomas after drinking heavily and taking cocaine but had denied murder saying the pair regularly enjoyed adventurous intercourse including strangulation.

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59 h. ago A14 crash: One killed with lorry driver arrested as dual carriageway forced to close

One person was killed and three others injured in a crash on the A14 near Horningsea as Cambridgeshire Police arrested a lorry driver on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving

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3 d. ago Lorry driver high on cocaine killed Scots pensioner as he crossed road

Edward Feelie failed to stop at a red light and went on to hit Robert Shirra-Gibb, who had to be freed from under the Isuzu flatbed truck in Blantyre.

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7 d. ago Driver crams van inside of lorry as it's spotted hanging out the back on motorway

Police collaborated with a government-charged company in order to crack down on irresponsible driving on motorways – but were faced with a strange sight while driving along

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1 week ago Pedestrian, 35, dies in collision on major Welsh road as lorry driver arrested

A 62-year-old has been arrested in connection with the tragedy

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1 week ago Wild probe after driver caught smuggling lorry load of monkeys, zebras and antelopes

Border police between The Netherlands and Germany were shocked when they did a routine vehicle check of a lorry's cargo - it was packed to the brim with wild animals, everything from monkeys to swans

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2 w. ago Watch: Drink driver flips car at almost 120mph after nearly crashing into lorry on A1

Footage shows Michael Bailey speeding, swerving across lanes and almost crashing into a lorry before ending up in a field

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2 w. ago Scots lorry driver plotted to drive 300 miles to meet child for sex

The girl's horrified mother discovered the messages on her daughter's phone and contacted West Mercia Police who launched an investigation.

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2 w. ago Lorry driver denies causing death of cyclist described as 'wonderful soul'

Cyclist Nicolette Lewis died at the scene of the collision on the A476 near Llandeilo

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2 w. ago Galway crash: Girl, 6, dies while riding her bike after horror lorry smash

The young cyclist died after a collision with a heavy goods vehicle in Galway, Ireland, just after midday today. The lorry driver was not injured in the collision, police said

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3 w. ago Lorry driver flees Woodhead Pass crash scene after smashing into wall

The road has been closed all morning

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3 w. ago Driver miraculously escaped with minor injuries in horror crash with lorry that ended with BMW crushed against motorway central reservation

The crash happened this morning on the A1 southbound when the smaller vehicle was dragged 100 metres along the barrier but the driver escaped relatively unharmed.

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last month Moment 'road rage' drivers start walloping each other with metal poles in savage fight on busy high street

Footage which has gone viral on social media shows a woman and a lorry driver clashing in the middle of a road in Erdington, Birmingham .

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