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BBC News
5 days ago
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The minutes before cocaine-fuelled driver caused son's M6 death
Footage has shown the moment Daniel Burba left his son in a van to go into a petrol station minutes before he caused the 14-year-old's death in a motorway Morgan suffered fatal injuries after the van veered off the M6 when Burba, who had never passed a driving test, had an epileptic fit at the wheel near terrified boy tried to get control of the vehicle but it crashed into a tree between junctions 33 and 34 on 20 who had taken cocaine, was jailed for 10 years at Preston Crown Court on Tuesday by a judge who told him he had made a "deliberate decision" to drive and "disregarded the lives of others". Listen to the best of BBC Radio Lancashire on Sounds and follow BBC Lancashire on Facebook, X and Instagram. You can also send story ideas via Whatsapp to 0808 100 2230.
BBC News
31-07-2025
- BBC News
A66 Workington crash inquest: Pair died from chest injuries
A mum-of-three and a man who died in separate cars in the same crash suffered fatal chest injuries, an inquest has Storey, 35, from Workington, and Marty Roberts, 34, from Merseyside, died in a collision between two cars on the A66 near the Cumbrian town on Saturday 12 Coroners' Court heard Miss Storey, a sales assistant, and Mr Roberts, a railway maintenance worker, both died from chest into their deaths were separately opened and suspended, to resume once the police inquiry had been completed. Miss Storey and Mr Roberts were both the front-seat passengers of the cars involved in the collision at Twenty Row and both died at the drivers, who were both men in their 30s, were taken to hospital with serious Police confirmed no arrests had been made in relation to the crash and the investigation was Storey was born in Whitehaven and lived at Salterbeck, Workington, the court family said she was a "proud and adoring mother to her three beautiful children".Mr Roberts was from Bootle, Merseyside, and his family had said he "touched the hearts of everyone he met with his unique quirky sense of humour and his calm nature". Follow BBC Cumbria on X, Facebook, Nextdoor and Instagram.
