![]() Patel said he had seen the Volvo ahead and thought it was about to overtake but then realised it was in fact stationary so tried to move into the outside lane to overtake it.īut he claimed his steering failed to respond and as a result he crashed into the broken down lorry. PC Phillips said in contrast Mr Blount was applying emergency braking for three-quarters of a second before impact. He said he concluded that Patel's lorry, which had been doing just under 56mph, 'had not braked or decelerated up to a quarter of a second before impact'. Police accident investigator PC Mark Phillips told the jury he removed the tachographs from the lorries. The court heard Patel was on his way to hospital in an ambulance when he told paramedics he had been putting eye drops in. ![]() 'The Mercedes came to an almost instantaneous stop in front of him.' 'The prosecution say the defendant failed completely to see the parked Volvo and simply ploughed into it. 'Mr Jones went to Mr Blount in the third lorry, and he was clearly in a bad way. Mr Bealby said: 'Although in pain, he got up, and found the defendant's truck, a Mercedes, had crashed into the back of his Volvo, and he also noticed a third lorry, a MAN (truck), had crashed into the back of the defendant's lorry. Patel, of Sutton Coldfield, denied causing death by dangerous driving but was found guilty by a jury at Warwick Crown Court The trucker later told police that was a reference to medication and claimed he wasn't doing so at the time of the smash. He died in hospital five weeks later from an infection but doctors said the spinal trauma injuries he suffered in the crash were 'a major contribution to his death'.Ī court heard Patel told paramedics who treated him after the crash that he had been putting some eye drops in. Mr Blount was trapped for an hour before being cut free by firefighters and rushed to hospital with serious trauma injuries, including fractured ribs and vertebrae. #Carlos santana conspire fullRajesh Patel, 54, became distracted while doing 56mph and smashed into a broken down Volvo truck which was carrying a full load of chopped iron and steel.įellow trucker Nigel Blount, 62, was then unable to avoid careering into the back of Patel's Mercedes HGV. ![]() #Carlos santana conspire driverLorry driver: Rajesh Patel, 54, was putting in eye drops when he lost control of his HGV and caused a crash that killed a father-of-11Ī lorry driver was putting his eye drops in when he lost control of his HGV and caused a crash that killed a father-of-11. ![]()
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