A van driver who killed a 68-year-old grandmother after her car broke down on a ‘defective’ smart motorway has avoided prison.
Barry O’Sullivan, 45, was driving a grey Ford work van along the M4 when he ploughed into a Nissan Micra that had come to a halt in the fast lane of the motorway.
The collision – which took place during the morning rush hour on the M4 westbound between junctions 11 and 12 – caused both vehicles to propel forward, with the Nissan bursting into flames.
Pulvinder Dhillon, who was a passenger in her daughter’s Micra, tragically suffered fatal injuries in the collision,
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