{"id":147792,"date":"2018-06-28T17:56:50","date_gmt":"2018-06-28T17:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/new-driver-79-killed-woman\/"},"modified":"2018-06-28T17:56:50","modified_gmt":"2018-06-28T17:56:50","slug":"new-driver-79-killed-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/new-driver-79-killed-woman\/","title":{"rendered":"New driver, 79, killed woman"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Image caption Harold Milner ran over 70-year-old Irene Moore on Hessle High Road <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A 79-year-old driver hit and killed a woman less than three weeks after passing his test, a court heard.<\/p>\n

Harold Milner pressed the accelerator instead of the brake when he struck 70-year-old Irene Moore on Hessle High Road, Hull, on 23 October 2017.<\/p>\n

Hull Crown Court heard a policeman called to the scene was unaware the victim was his mother until he heard her name later on the police radio.<\/p>\n

Milner was handed a four-month jail term, suspended for 12 months.<\/p>\n

More from East Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire<\/p>\n

The pensioner, of Impala Way, Hull, had denied causing death by dangerous driving but admitted causing death by careless driving, at a previous hearing.<\/p>\n

Milner decided to learn to drive so that he could take his terminally ill wife to and from hospital, the court heard. <\/p>\n

His wife had done all the driving up until last year when she felt unable to continue after being diagnosed with bone cancer, the court heard.<\/p>\n

'Remarkable and unique case'<\/h2>\n

Mrs Moore had been shopping and was crossing the road at the junction of Summergroves Way when she was knocked down.<\/p>\n

She suffered head injuries and died in hospital three days later.<\/p>\n

In a victim statement read out in court, PC Bryan Moore described how his mother's face was covered by a breathing bag as she was being treated by paramedics.<\/p>\n

"I took a quick glance at the lady on the floor... but it did not register with me that this was my own mother.<\/p>\n

"I have to live with my last memories of my mother not being pleasant and seeing her in such a distressing state," he said. <\/p>\n

However, he added that he had "no ill feeling" towards Milner and did not want him to be jailed.<\/p>\n

Sentencing Milner, Judge Mark Bury said: "It's a tragedy for all concerned. It is a truly remarkable and unique case."<\/p>\n

Milner's barrister John Thackeray said his client had surrendered his licence and had "no intention of ever driving".<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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