Driver 'ran over drunk student as he lay asleep in the road' - Telegraph
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Miss Jackson later told police she thought she had run over the body of a badger, having had no idea the dark mound in the road was a person.
Mr Dry said: "By her account she had not been aware of the object until she was on top of it, with no time to brake. She said she first became aware of it a metre away.
"She accepts she had things on her mind and may have been chatting to her passenger and may have been distracted.
"It is the crown's case she cannot have been paying proper attention given her failure to see the danger and take appropriate action."
Miss Cook, of Willington, County Durham, denies causing death by careless driving and the trial continues.
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Personally I say guilty. I get fed up with people driving a car like they are out walking. They are in control of a dangerous weapon and should act accordingly.
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Miss Jackson later told police she thought she had run over the body of a badger, having had no idea the dark mound in the road was a person.
Mr Dry said: "By her account she had not been aware of the object until she was on top of it, with no time to brake. She said she first became aware of it a metre away.
"She accepts she had things on her mind and may have been chatting to her passenger and may have been distracted.
"It is the crown's case she cannot have been paying proper attention given her failure to see the danger and take appropriate action."
Miss Cook, of Willington, County Durham, denies causing death by careless driving and the trial continues.
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Personally I say guilty. I get fed up with people driving a car like they are out walking. They are in control of a dangerous weapon and should act accordingly.
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