A man who killed a cyclist while driving nearly twice the legal speed limit has been jailed.
Paul Watson, 39, of Church Lane, Normanton was sentenced at Leeds Crown Court today (23 June) after pleading guilty to causing death by dangerous driving, driving whilst over the drink drive limit and driving whilst over the specified drug limit.
Terrance Keye, aged 53, was killed on Friday, 10 February, whilst cycling home from work on Wakefield Road, Normanton. He was struck by Watson’s Ford Transit Connect van at an estimated speed of 55MPH. Watson was twice the legal limit of cocaine and one and a half times over the drink drive limit, with CCTV from before the collision showing him driving on the wrong side of the road and at excessive speed.
Find out more at: https://www.westyorkshire.police.uk/news-appeals/driver-jailed-seven-and-half-years-causing-death-dangerous-driving
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