Delivery driver killed gran in motorway smash having taken amphetamine to 'stay awake' while on the road for nearly 12 hours
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThe case of a van driver who killed a grandmother in a motorway smash having taken amphetamine 'to stay awake while making deliveries across the country' left a judge 'astonished'.
Marcin Szewczyk, 43, ploughed into the back of a Kia Sportage in heavy traffic at 58mph, pushing it into a HGV. Suzanne Taylor was a passenger in the back seat of the vehicle, which was at a stand-still with the hazards on.
The 71-year-old suffered fatal injuries and tragically died at the scene, on the M6 near Sandbach in Cheshire. Daughter Wendy Jones, 49, was in the front passenger seat.
She now has to use a wheelchair, having been seriously injured. READ MORE: Join the FREE Manchester Evening News WhatsApp community Szewczyk, originally from Poland before he moved to Stockport, had been driving for almost 12 hours of the previous 22, a court heard.
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