Watch: Lorry driver distracted by phone crashes into broken-down car, narrowly avoiding three people
Video captures the moment a lorry driver distracted by his phone ploughed into a stationary car on a major road, narrowly avoiding hitting three people standing nearby.
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Footage from inside Raymond Catterall's lorry cab shows him repeatedly looking down at his phone, occasionally glancing up at the road, before suddenly swerving too late to avoid the broken-down car.
Catterall, of Maghull in Merseyside, can be seen looking down at his phone before swerving on the A55 at Tal-y-Bont, Gwynedd in Wales and crashing into bushes. Catterall, of Maghull in Merseyside, avoided hitting three people and a dog standing on a grass verge.
Catterall, 44, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving and using a handheld mobile phone whilst driving.
At Caernarfon Crown Court on August 30, he was given an eight-month suspended prison sentence, 150 hours of unpaid work, a three-month curfew and a 12-month driving disqualification.
