He was also disqualified from driving for two years, and ordered to pay $550 in costs. The dashcam footage was released Tuesday after Gordon pleaded guilty to one count of dangerous driving at Oxford Crown Court and sentenced to 14 months in prison, suspended for two years. Gordon’s truck then barreled off the side of the road, causing thousands of dollars of damage and closing the highway for hours, police said.
A year after the crash, she still suffers headaches and sleepless nights, Thames Valley Police said. The car’s driver, an unidentified woman in her 50s, suffered a spinal fracture in her neck as well as cuts and bruises to her arms, head and legs, police said.
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Shocking dashcam footage shows a truck driver looking at his phone as he hurtles down a UK highway - before plowing into a woman’s car, leaving her with a fractured spine.Ĭary Gordon, 58, was filmed inside the cab of his truck staring at his device - then suddenly looking up as he crashes into a red car pulled over at the side of the highway in Oxfordshire. India launches 5G services, PM Narendra Modi calls it 'new era'Įlon Musk's SpaceX and T-Mobile join forces to bring cellphone service to remote areas Jana Hocking: Why I'm putting my phone in the other room when I have sex “You can be the most ardent advocate for decriminalizing marijuana, but nobody I know would want somebody who is high on the job.'Hilarious' TikTok goes viral after thieves post videos via victim's phone “Most people don’t want to go back to prohibition, but they’re certainly opposed to drunk driving,” he said. “We have to find a way to prevent this sort of thing,” said Lewis, who lives in Woodbury, Minnesota, outside St. Lewis said the crash raises concerns about driving under the influence of marijuana at a time when the drug is being legalized in more states across the U.S. “There but for the grace of God it could have been a lot worse for some of us on the train,” Lewis, 63, said on Thursday. NTSB spokesman Keith Holloway wrote in an email that the agency “does not have any enforcement authority” and that “there is no legal action that can be taken by the board.”įormer Minnesota Republican Congressman Jason Lewis was in one of the train’s passenger cars and suffered a concussion after his head struck a seat. The NTSB’s findings may have little impact on Naylor. William Tanner, Naylor’s attorney during the criminal trial, did not immediately respond to a phone call from The Associated Press seeking comment on the NTSB’s report. He still faces civil suits filed by people who were on the train. Last month, a jury found Naylor not guilty of involuntary manslaughter. The trash truck’s driver, Dana William Naylor Jr., had already been indicted locally on involuntary manslaughter and DUI charges.īut a charge of maiming under the influence was dropped after a judge ruled out certain scientific testimony and blood evidence. “The truck driver’s lack of response after stopping the truck and being positioned between two obstacles for several seconds is an example of slow decision-making,” the report said. The report said marijuana impairment is evident through slower decision-making and noted the driver’s “indecision when he encountered obstacles while trying to cross the tracks.” The crash occurred in Crozet, just outside of Charlottesville. The train was carrying Congress members to a strategy retreat at the Greenbrier resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. Several people on the train were hurt, including a congressman who suffered a concussion. The ensuing collision killed a passenger in the trash truck and severely injured another. The driver’s blood contained the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana as well as an anti-seizure medication for which investigators found no prescription. The agency also cited the driver’s “inaction” while stopped on the tracks.ĭrugs likely played a role as well, the NTSB said. The National Transportation Safety Board’s final report said the crash in rural Virginia was likely caused by the truck driver’s decision to go around a rail crossing’s lowered safety gates. (AP) - A trash truck driver who had marijuana in his system likely caused a fatal collision last year with an Amtrak train that was carrying Republican lawmakers, federal investigators concluded Thursday.
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