Police release footage of moment distracted lorry driver kills man

Leon Poultney

Updated 12 April 2016 at 5:29 am

YouTube/North Wales Police

North Wales Police has released shocking footage that shows the moment a distracted lorry driver ploughed into the back of another vehicle, killing one man and severely injuring another.

The lorry driver, Nicholas Clough, 36, was sentenced to three and a half years in jail after pleading guilty at Caernarfon Crown Court to causing the death by dangerous driving of Daren Longden, 37, from Rawden, Leeds, on March 10 last year.

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