Lorry driver killed couple driving to the airport for Cuba holiday while sending a TEXT to a girlfriend

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.

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