Lottery winner spared jail after fatal Christmas crash
No winners in tragic case
A Lincolnshire lottery winner who caused a fatal Christmas Day crash when he turned round to get a teddy for his two-year-old crying son was spared an immediate jail sentence on Thursday.
Matt Topham, 31, who won £45 million in 2012, admitted causing the death of Mary Jane Regler, 75, by careless driving after taking his eyes off the road for a “split second” in 2019.
Body camera footage from the first officer who arrived on the scene has now been shared by Lincolnshire Police, showing a visibly distressed Topham giving his account of how the collision happened.