'I lost my whole world because an HGV driver couldn't stay off Facebook'

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

A grieving dad is urging drivers not to use their phones when behind the wheel following his young son being killed by a motorist who 'checked Facebook'.

Andy O'Dell's 14-year-old son, Joe Cairns, was sadly killed when HGV driver, James Majury, who was found to be using his phone when driving, ploughed into a school minibus on the M58 in Lancashire in January 2019.

Majury also killed support worker Anne Kerr, 50, and injured five others in the collision. He was jailed for eight years and 10 months for death by dangerous driving as well as two years and eight months for the offences of causing serious injuries. READ MORE Greater Manchester protests LIVE as mosques urge people to 'be vigilant' and businesses shut ahead of 'planned unrest' Andy, 55, says his son's death was 'totally preventable' and is now urging other motorists to 'think twice' before using their phones whilst driving.

The dad-of-three from Bury said: "I lost my whole world because of James Majury's selfish actions. If he'd been paying attention while behind the wheel, Joe would still be here today." "But he was robbed of a future, and we were robbed of the memories that we should have been able to make with our boy." Joe had been on his way to school on January 8th 2019, when Majury's Mercedes HGV truck crashed into the Vauxhall Vivaro minibus Joe was travelling in.