Link: BBC NEWS | England | Text death driver gets four years
We reported on this story last month - and today a judge passed sentence in the case.
A teenage driver who caused the death of a woman in a crash as she sent a mobile phone text message has been sent to a young offenders’ institute.
Rachel Begg, 19, of Whinbank in Ponteland, admitted sending the message shortly before the collision on the A696, near Newcastle Airport.
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Comment by Mark on 20 July 2007:
He should have got longer….