"The ITV Hub" said : Woman jailed for causing deadly crash while trying to send Facebook birthday message
as mentioned in Mr Lewis died of his injuries, while Mrs Lewis suffered a shattered pelvis and broken hip. They were waiting for a recovery vehicle when Mrs Thompson ploughed into the back of their car. Mrs Thompson was sentenced to two years and three months for dangerous driving and 15 months for causing serious injury, to run concurrently. A woman has been jailed for more than two years for crashing into a stationary car and killing a man while attempting to send a birthday message on Facebook. Wendy Thompson, 53, of Barnetby, north Lincolnshire, pleaded guilty to causing the death of Rodney Lewis, 84, by dangerous driving and causing serious injury to his 77-year-old wife Marlene.
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A sales manager has been jailed for more than two years for ploughing into a stationary car and killing a pensioner as she tried to send a happy birthday message on Facebook. The defendant later told police it was her friend's birthday and she sent a happy birthday message on Facebook. When she realised the message had not been sent, she went to press it again and the mobile phone had been in her hand at the time, she said. A crash investigator found Thompson would have had enough time to see the stationary vehicle and avoid the collision if she had not been distracted by using her mobile phone. Afterwards, the defendant told a lorry driver who had stopped nearby: "I was trying to put my charger in my phone, I just didn't see him," the court heard.
Thompson was sentenced to two years and three months in prison for causing death by dangerous driving and 15 months for causing serious injury by dangerous driving, to run concurrently. Thompson pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving. She later told police it was her friend's birthday and she had been trying to send a message on Facebook. Image copyright Met Police Image caption Wendy Thompson pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous drivingA woman who was trying to send a message on Facebook when she crashed into a pensioner's car, killing him, has been jailed for 27 months. Wendy Thompson, 53, from Lincolnshire, had been trying to wish a friend happy birthday on the social media platform using her mobile phone.
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Sales manager who tried to send Facebook birthday message while driving killed pensioner
A sales manager has been jailed for more than two years for ploughing into a stationary car and killing a pensioner as she tried to send a happy birthday message on Facebook. The defendant later told police it was her friend's birthday and she sent a happy birthday message on Facebook. When she realised the message had not been sent, she went to press it again and the mobile phone had been in her hand at the time, she said. A crash investigator found Thompson would have had enough time to see the stationary vehicle and avoid the collision if she had not been distracted by using her mobile phone. Afterwards, the defendant told a lorry driver who had stopped nearby: "I was trying to put my charger in my phone, I just didn't see him," the court heard.
Thompson was sentenced to two years and three months in prison for causing death by dangerous driving and 15 months for causing serious injury by dangerous driving, to run concurrently. Thompson pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving. She later told police it was her friend's birthday and she had been trying to send a message on Facebook. Image copyright Met Police Image caption Wendy Thompson pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous drivingA woman who was trying to send a message on Facebook when she crashed into a pensioner's car, killing him, has been jailed for 27 months. Wendy Thompson, 53, from Lincolnshire, had been trying to wish a friend happy birthday on the social media platform using her mobile phone.
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