Distracted Trucker Killed A British Dad In A Car Crash

Neil Platt, Trucker driver can be seen heavily distracted by his phone.

A veteran trucker who killed a British dad in a car crash after he was distracted by porn on his phone sat in his vehicle with his head in his hands after the gruesome incident, police photos showed.

Neil Platt can be seen sitting in the driver’s seat, wearing a purple T-shirt and orange safety vest, covering his face after the fiery, May 2024 wreck on a major highway in Lancashire, about 40 minutes east of Liverpool.

Platt, 43, was “heavily distracted” and blew past stopped traffic before striking a Hyundai Kona driven by Danni Aitchison, a married father of two who was on the phone with his partner at the time of the fatal crash. Aitchison’s car then rammed into a tanker and burst into flames.
The trucker had naked photos flashing on his X feed on his phone seconds before the collision and had “persistently viewed” WhatsApp, X, YouTube and TikTok during the three-hour journey he took from Scotland to Liverpool, authorities said in court.

Platt, who insisted he only looked at his phone to check how long the drive was taking, was sentenced to 10 years in prison Friday for the crash.
(By our staff reporter) New York
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