Beloved grandad killed - because driver was too busy checking Snapchat, Instagram and Facebook

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

A dangerous driver killed a 'kind, caring, full of fun, generous' grandad while 'prolifically' using Snapchat, Facebook Messenger and Instagram on her phone.

Ian Morris, 71, from Bedale in Yorkshire, died on the afternoon of Wednesday, June 28, 2023 after he was struck by Lisa Waugh's car while cycling.

He died immediately. Mr Morris, a dad of two, and a grandad to four, had been wearing a fluorescent green cycling jersey and had a flashing red light on the rear of his bicycle on the A6055 Leeming Lane near Kirklington.

But this did not stop Waugh, 31, ploughing into the back of him. As she made that fatal blow, she was busy checking social media on her phone. "I lost half of me that day," said Mr Morris' devastated widow, Pauline, in 2024. "I lost my lovely husband; my sons lost their father and my grandchildren their grandfather. "To me he was my everything - friend, lover, partner, and teammate. "He was kind, polite, caring, full of fun, grumpy at times, but a generous man who loved to plan surprises.