A lorry driver has been jailed after his HGV toppled onto a car killing a married couple while he texted a girlfriend.
Ethan Roberts, 44, deleted the message before police arrived at the crash scene in an attempt to avoid getting caught, a court heard.
Hair salon boss Mark McHale, 46, and his wife Tamsie, 43, a primary school deputy head, were crushed to death on the motorway as they drove to Manchester Airport for a holiday to Cuba.
Roberts, of Immingham, Lincolnshire, was texting as he drove on a 50mph roadwork section of the M62 near Leeds, West Yorks.
He had received 58 messages from girlfriend Helen Chapman in three days before the crash - all while he was driving, Leeds Crown Court heard.
Roberts was jailed for five yeas and three months after admitting causing two deaths by dangerous driving.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2405365/Lorry-driver-Ethan-Roberts-killed-couple-driving-sending-TEXT-girlfriend.html
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