A LORRY driver, who was distracted on a hands-free call when he killed a Barrow RAF sergeant on the motorway, has been jailed for three years. Scott McConnell, from Barrow, was sat in his VW Golf with the hazard warning lights on when an articulated lorry ploughed into the back of his car. HGV driver Malcolm Clarkson, 44, of Cat Tail Lane, Southport, was jailed for three-and-a-half years after pleading guilty to causing death by dangerous driving. Clarkson, who Warwick Crown Court heard was speaking to his mother on a hands-free phone and only braked 24 metres before impact, was also banned from driving for six years and nine months.
Young pilot killed in tragic M40 crash was trying to help another driver
Scott McConnell had stopped to help another driver when the crash happened
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Scott McConnell, 26, was killed in the collision in 2019
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A young man who stopped to help another driver was killed in a tragic collision on the M40 in 2019, police have said.
Malcolm Clarkson, 44, of Merseyside, was jailed three-and-a-half years at Warwick Crown Court (pictured outside court)
A lorry driver who was distracted talking to his mother on a hands-free call when he killed a good-samaritan RAF pilot who had stopped to help an injured motorist has been jailed.
Malcolm Clarkson, 44, crashed his HGV into the back of Scott McConnell, 26, who was sat in his VW Golf with hazard lights on after stopping to help another driver who had crashed.
Sergeant McConnell stopped to check on another driver after witnessing a collision between a white van and a Royal Mail lorry on the M40 northbound near Warwick at 10.15pm on November 19, 2019.