A van driver who killed a 68-year-old grandmother after her car broke down on a 'defective' smart motorway has avoided prison. Barry O'Sullivan was sentenced on Friday to six months' imprisonment, suspended for 12 months, after he was found guilty at an earlier trial of causing the death of Pulvinder Dhillon by careless driving on March 7, 2022.
The 45-year-old was driving a grey Ford work van along the M4 when he collided with a Nissan Micra that had come to a halt in the fast lane of the motorway. The collision – which took place during the morning rush hour on the M4 westbound between junctions 11 and 12 – caused both vehicles to push forward, with the Nissan bursting into flames. Ms Dhillon, who was a passenger in her daughter's Micra, suffered fatal injuries.
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