British woman sentenced to 2 years behind bars after crashing her car and killing one while sending a Facebook message
A 53-year-old British woman was recently sentenced to two years and three months’ imprisonment after she crashed her car and killed one while sending a Facebook message on her phone.
According to the Metropolitan Police, on 3 February 2016, Wendy Thompson drove her VW Passatt and collided with a Ford Fiesta, which had broken down in lane one, and a red Hyundai Getz that had stopped to provide assistance. A man and his wife were inside the Hyundai. The 84-year-old driver, Rodney Lewis from Enfield, was pronounced dead at the scene. A post-mortem examination gave cause of death as head injuries and a broken neck.
Mr Lewis’s 77-year-old wife – a passenger in the Hyundai – was taken to a north London hospital for treatment to a broken hip and pelvis. She has since been discharged from hospital. Wendy Thompson was not seriously injured in the collision.
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Thompson was arrested and admitted to police that she had been sending a Facebook message on her phone and trying to plug the phone into a charger when the collision happened.
She was convicted and pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving, having collided with two stationary vehicles while sending a Facebook message. Thompson was sentenced to two years and three months’ imprisonment on Monday, 24 April. She was also disqualified from driving for ten years.
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