Boy, 14, died 'in terror' after cocaine-fuelled dad crashed van
Daniel Burba, 31, suffered an epileptic seizure at the wheel of his wife's Peugeot van which veered off the M6 near Lancaster and struck a tree on April 20.
His front-seat passenger, Ryan Morgan, 14, suffered fatal head injuries and was declared dead at the scene of the crash on the southbound carriageway between junctions 34 and 33.
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The teenager died "in terror" as he attempted to take control of the vehicle moments before the crash, Preston Crown Court was told.
Burba was rushed to hospital with "relatively minor" injuries to his ribs and cuts.
While receiving treatment, a paramedic found a small bag of cocaine in Burba's wallet, the court heard.
Blood analysis showed that the defendant was four times over the legal drug-drive threshold.
It came to light that Burba, from Morecambe, Lancashire, had been instructed in October 2014 by his GP to cease taking cocaine following a seizure which lasted up to four minutes.
The provisional licence holder was also warned against driving.
Burba received a similar caution in February when he was hospitalised after further fits and was also instructed to notify the DVLA.
During sentencing, Judge Robert Altham, the Honorary Recorder of Preston, told him: "You knew that cocaine predisposed you to further fits.
"You were not entitled to drive unsupervised and certainly not on the motorway. You should not have behind the wheel at all.
"You chose to drive on a motorway on a busy bank holiday Sunday. You had a passenger in the van and that passenger was your son, a person you should have been protecting and not endangering.
"You knew that taking cocaine made your decision to drive all the more dangerous. Your driving put many other road users in danger."
Burba, of Arnside Crescent, had previously admitted causing death by dangerous driving at an earlier hearing.
He also pleaded guilty to driving without a licence and with no insurance.
Judge Altham banned him from driving for 14 years and five months.
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