..IN THE NEWS...IN THE NEWS


ANGRY DRIVER SMASHED INTO BOLTON TAXI AND LEFT WOMEN FOR DEAD


A driver who smashed into a taxi and left two women passengers for dead had spent the previ- ous day drinking and taking drugs. Bolton Crown Court heard that the wo- men suffered mul- tiple serious injuries after Scott Lomax hurtled through traf- fic lights and into the side of the taxi. The Bolton News reports that


the


force of the impact sent Kelly Kenny and Danielle Wor- thington


flying


though the taxi win- dow into the road, with one of them ending up under Lomax’s car.


Lomax ran off and was later found at a nearby house where he had continued drinking and fallen asleep. Bolton Crown Court heard that, immedi- ately prior to the crash, 29-year-old Lomax, who has never passed a driv- ing test, was driving aggressively and er- ratically in his Ford Focus. David Lees, prose- cuting, told how, just before 3am on November 26 2017, Lomax, who was said to be angry fol- lowing a row, be- came involved in a altercation with a woman driver


Bolton. At one stage he pulled alongside her and was revving his engine at


traffic in


lights then cut in front of her and sped off through another set of red traffic lights at the junction of Bradford Street and St Peter’s Way.


Then he turned his vehicle around and was heading back to the same set of traf- fic lights at up to 55 miles an hour when he smashed into the Peugeot taxi being driven by Sajid Butt. Both vehicles were sent spinning, with the taxi crashing


into a barrier. None of the three women passengers in the taxi was wear- ing a seat belt. Mr Butt suffered minor injuries and Chloe Howarth’s teeth were damaged, but Ms Kenny and Ms Worthington were so severely injured that a passing motorist, who stopped to help, thought they were dead. Lomax, from Leigh, who has previous convictions for seri- ous motoring of- fences,


pleaded


guilty to two counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving. The maximum sen-


tence for causing serious injury is five years in prison and the Judge jailed Lomax


for 32


months. He was scathing in his criticism of Lomax, who had been drinking, had taken cocaine and had very little sleep before driving ag- gressively


and


showing “disregard for the safety of other people.” Lomax was also banned from apply- ing for a driving licence for six years and four months, after which he will have to take an extended driving test.


MARCH 2019


67


Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30  |  Page 31  |  Page 32  |  Page 33  |  Page 34  |  Page 35  |  Page 36  |  Page 37  |  Page 38  |  Page 39  |  Page 40  |  Page 41  |  Page 42  |  Page 43  |  Page 44  |  Page 45  |  Page 46  |  Page 47  |  Page 48  |  Page 49  |  Page 50  |  Page 51  |  Page 52  |  Page 53  |  Page 54  |  Page 55  |  Page 56  |  Page 57  |  Page 58  |  Page 59  |  Page 60  |  Page 61  |  Page 62  |  Page 63  |  Page 64  |  Page 65  |  Page 66  |  Page 67  |  Page 68  |  Page 69  |  Page 70  |  Page 71  |  Page 72  |  Page 73  |  Page 74  |  Page 75  |  Page 76  |  Page 77  |  Page 78  |  Page 79  |  Page 80  |  Page 81  |  Page 82  |  Page 83  |  Page 84  |  Page 85  |  Page 86  |  Page 87  |  Page 88  |  Page 89  |  Page 90  |  Page 91  |  Page 92  |  Page 93  |  Page 94  |  Page 95  |  Page 96