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Driver, 81, killed 'lovely, caring' mum after he didn't clear the frost from his windscreen and crashed van into her

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direct to your inboxAn 81-year-old driver killed a 'lovely, caring' mum after he failed to clear the frost from his van windscreen and smashed into her, a court heard.

Malcolm Dodd was driving along Darnton Road in Stalybridge when he fatally struck mum-of-three Joanna Hallam. The temperature outside was around minus five degrees and he had failed to properly clear frost and ice from the windscreen of his Daihatsu Hi-Jet van, Minshull Street Crown Court heard.

Joanna had been stood in the road for around 11 seconds before Dodd collided with her.She suffered catastrophic brain injuries and died at Salford Royal Hospital two days later.Dodd, from Stalybridge, today avoided jail after the court heard how he had shown 'genuine remorse' after.

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